Intel Core i7-860 vs Intel Core i7-930

Core i7-860 vs Core i7-930 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-930 beats the Core i7-860 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-860 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. In terms of clock speed, the Core i7-860 and Core i7-930 are identical in this regard. Despite this, the Core i7-860 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-860 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-930 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i7-860 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.