Intel Core i7-6950X vs Intel Core Ultra 5 135U

Compare Intel Core X-series 10 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 1) 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
5620 points
2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6279 points
7748 points
23% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5261 points
5% slightly better multitasking score
4993 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5214 points
7% slightly better heavy workload score
4839 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

185.36 points
52% significantly higher Blender score
121.36 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8892 points
6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
8338 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1370 points
1948 points
42% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

10
12
20% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
42% many more threads
14

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz
42% much higher clock speed
2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz
4.4 GHz
25% slightly 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
33% slightly more supported memory
96 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2.5 MiB
10 MiB
300% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

25 MiB
108% significantly more L3 cache
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

293rd of 1,089
285th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series
Core Ultra (Series 1)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2016 May
2023 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400
DDR5-7467

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 Ultra 5 135U comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 5 135U is faster than the Core i7-6950X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6950X in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 5 135U has slightly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Core i7-6950X has 10 cores. Despite this, the Core i7-6950X has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 135U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-6950X has a much higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 5 135U. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 135U has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 5 135U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-6950X. Despite this, the Core i7-6950X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 135U.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7-6950X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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