Intel Core i7-6950X vs Intel Core i7-1360P

Compare Intel Core X-series 10 core CPU vs Intel 13th Generation Core i7 12 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5504 points
5% slightly better overall score
5206 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6279 points
7760 points
23% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5261 points
17% slightly better multitasking score
4483 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5214 points
19% slightly better heavy workload score
4346 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6073 points
35% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
4470 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

185.36 points
50% significantly higher Blender score
123.53 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

10
12
20% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
25% slightly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz
36% slightly higher clock speed
2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz
5 GHz
42% much higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

40
100% significantly more pcie lanes
20

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

4
100% significantly more memory channels
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory
64 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2.5 MiB
4 MiB
60% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

25 MiB
38% slightly more L3 cache
18 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

300th of 1,099
331st of 1,099

Family

The product line

Core X-series
13th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2016 May
2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400
DDR5-5200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-6950X vs Core i7-1360P comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-1360P performs better than the Core i7-6950X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6950X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-1360P has slightly more cores than the Core i7-6950X. Indeed, the Core i7-1360P has 12 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Core i7-6950X. Despite this, the Core i7-6950X has more threads than the Core i7-1360P. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-6950X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-1360P. Despite this, the Core i7-1360P has a much higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-1360P has more L2 cache than the Core i7-6950X. Despite this, the Core i7-6950X has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-1360P.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-6950X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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