Intel Core i7-9700T vs Intel Core i7-5960X

Compare Intel 9th Generation Core i7 8 core CPU vs Intel Core X-series 8 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

3615 points

5462 points

51% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5558 points

6552 points

17% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2998 points

5074 points

69% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2875 points

4955 points

72% significantly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

71.66 points

141.38 points

97% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5019 points

7331 points

46% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1294 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1235 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5204 points

7412 points

42% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1395 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1302 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2 GHz

3 GHz

49% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz

22% slightly higher turbo speed

3.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W

300% significantly lower TDP

140 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

128 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

64 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

473rd of 1,089

298th of 1,089

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i7

Core X-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 May

2014 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

DDR4-1600

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-9700T vs Core i7-5960X comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-5960X beats the Core i7-9700T in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-9700T in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-5960X has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-5960X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-9700T. Despite this, the Core i7-9700T has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-9700T 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.

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. For instance, the Core i7-9700T has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.