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In short — Core i7-5960X outperforms Core i7-6850K on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i7-5960X is 638 days older than Core i7-6850K.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-5960X
- Performs up to 1% better in World of Warcraft than Core i7-6850K - 180 vs 179 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-6850K - 16 vs 12 threads
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Intel BX80671I76850K Core i7 - i7-6850K - 3.6 GHz - 15 MB Cache - LGA2011
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Core i7-5960X
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2014
Core i7-6850K
Desktop • May 31st, 2016
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i7-6850K
Desktop • May 31st, 2016
Single-Core
1268
99.52904238618524%
Multi-Core
5821
78.77926647719583%
Intel Core i7-5960X | vs | Intel Core i7-6850K |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 1st, 2014 | Release Date | May 31st, 2016 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Core i7 |
| Haswell E | Codename | Broadwell E |
| Intel Socket 2011-3 | Socket | Intel Socket 2011-3 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
8 | Cores | 6 |
16 | Threads | 12 |
| 3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.6 GHz |
| 3.5 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 3.8 GHz |
| 140 W | TDP | 140 W |
| 22 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 30.0x | Multiplier | 36.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
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