Intel Core i9-8950HK vs Intel Core i7-5820K

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i9 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

2473 points

4081 points

65% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3684 points

5494 points

49% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2115 points

3634 points

71% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2044 points

3527 points

72% significantly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

85.61 points

95.66 points

11% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4580 points

5383 points

17% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1270 points

11% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1134 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5219 points

5467 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1422 points

20% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1180 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

2.9 GHz

3.3 GHz

13% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz

33% slightly higher turbo speed

3.6 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

75% 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

634th of 1,089

428th of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i9

Core X-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 May

2014 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

DDR4-1600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i9-8950HK vs Core i7-5820K benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-8950HK beats the Core i7-5820K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-5820K in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-5820K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-8950HK. Despite this, the Core i9-8950HK has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i9-8950HK CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-5820K CPU because of its significantly 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 i9-8950HK has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.