Intel Core i7-860 vs Intel Core i7-950

Core i7-860 vs Core i7-950 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-860 performs better than the Core i7-950. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-950 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-950 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-860. Despite this, the Core i7-860 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-860 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-950 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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