Intel Core i7-6950X vs Intel Core Ultra 7 356H

Compare Intel Core X-series 10 core CPU vs Intel 16 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
4% slightly better overall score
5256 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6279 points
8162 points
29% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5261 points
17% slightly better multitasking score
4470 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5214 points
19% slightly better heavy workload score
4367 points

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

10
16
60% significantly 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
57% significantly higher clock speed
1.9 GHz

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2.5 MiB
24 MiB
859% 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

308th of 1,121
334th of 1,121

Family

The product line

Core X-series
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2016 May
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
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Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i7-6950X vs Core Ultra 7 356H specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-6950X is faster than the Core Ultra 7 356H. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 356H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 7 356H has significantly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Core i7-6950X has 10 cores. Despite this, the Core i7-6950X has more threads than the Core Ultra 7 356H. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-6950X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 7 356H. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 7 356H has more L2 cache than the Core i7-6950X. Despite this, the Core i7-6950X has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 7 356H.

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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