Intel Core i9-9980HK vs Intel Core i7-5960X

Compare Intel 9th Generation Core i9 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

3558 points

5462 points

53% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4626 points

6552 points

41% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3403 points

5074 points

49% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3616 points

4955 points

37% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8280 points

8668 points

4% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

132.90 points

141.38 points

6% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6312 points

7331 points

16% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1386 points

12% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1235 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6310 points

7412 points

17% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1411 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1302 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

2.4 GHz

3 GHz

25% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz

42% much 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

100% significantly more supported memory

64 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

480th of 1,089

298th of 1,089

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i9

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

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i9-9980HK vs Core i7-5960X benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-5960X beats the Core i9-9980HK in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-9980HK 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 i7-5960X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-9980HK. Despite this, the Core i9-9980HK has a much higher turbo speed. A Core i9-9980HK 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. Indeed, the Core i9-9980HK has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.