Intel Core i9-10980HK vs Intel Core i7-6950X

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i9 8 core CPU vs Intel Core X-series 10 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

5234 points

5504 points

5% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6654 points

5% slightly better gaming score

6279 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4782 points

5261 points

10% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4670 points

5214 points

11% slightly better heavy workload score

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3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

9027 points

48% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

6073 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

122.88 points

185.36 points

50% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

25% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

25% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz

3 GHz

25% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.3 GHz

51% significantly higher turbo speed

3.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

211% 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

Identical

128 GiB

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB

640 KiB

25% slightly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB

2.5 MiB

25% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB

25 MiB

56% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

321st of 1,089

293rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i9

Core X-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May

2016 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933

DDR4-2400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i9-10980HK vs Core i7-6950X comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-6950X is faster than the Core i9-10980HK. Despite this, the Core i9-10980HK has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-6950X has slightly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Core i9-10980HK has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i9-10980HK. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-6950X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-10980HK. Despite this, the Core i9-10980HK has a significantly higher turbo speed. A Core i9-10980HK CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-6950X CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-6950X has more L2 cache than the Core i9-10980HK. The Core i7-6950X also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 i9-10980HK has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.