Intel Core i7-950 vs Intel Core i5-6198DU

Core i7-950 vs Core i5-6198DU benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-950 is faster than the Core i5-6198DU. Despite this, the Core i5-6198DU has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-950 has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i5-6198DU that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-6198DU. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-950 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6198DU.

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 i7-950 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.