Intel Core i7-7700K vs Intel Core i7-5960X

Core i7-7700K vs Core i7-5960X benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-5960X performs better than the Core i7-7700K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7700K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-5960X has significantly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i7-7700K that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-7700K. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-7700K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-5960X. Also, the Core i7-7700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-7700K CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-5960X CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-7700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.