Intel Core i7-6950X vs Intel Core Ultra 5 236V

Core i7-6950X vs Core Ultra 5 236V specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 5 236V 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.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-6950X has slightly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Core Ultra 5 236V that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 236V. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-6950X has a much higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 5 236V. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 236V has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 5 236V has more L2 cache than the Core i7-6950X. Despite this, the Core i7-6950X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 236V.

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.