Intel Core i7-6950X vs Intel Core Ultra 7 256V

Core i7-6950X vs Core Ultra 7 256V comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 7 256V beats the Core i7-6950X in overall performance. 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 i7-6950X has slightly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Core Ultra 7 256V has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 7 256V. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-6950X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 256V. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 256V has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 256V has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-6950X. Despite this, the Core i7-6950X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 7 256V.

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.