Intel Core i7-8750H vs Intel Core i7-3960X

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i7 6 core CPU vs Intel Core X-series 6 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

3418 points

3693 points

8% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4937 points

4998 points

1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2961 points

3261 points

10% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2863 points

3155 points

10% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

80.62 points

15% slightly higher Blender score

69.62 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4506 points

33% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

3363 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1262 points

89% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

665 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4668 points

45% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3209 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1311 points

98% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

661 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.20 GHz

3.3 GHz

49% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz

5% slightly higher turbo speed

3.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

188% significantly lower TDP

130 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

150% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB

Identical

64 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

493rd of 1,089

464th of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i7

Core X-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 May

2011 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-8750H vs Core i7-3960X benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-3960X is faster than the Core i7-8750H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-8750H in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-3960X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-8750H. Despite this, the Core i7-8750H has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-8750H CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-3960X CPU because of its significantly 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 i7-8750H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.