Intel Core i7-11700 vs Intel Core i7-5960X

Intel Core i7-11700
Intel Socket 1200DESKTOP
2500 MHz / Cores: 8 / Mar 2021
Intel Core i7-11700
Intel Core i7-5960X
Intel Socket 2011-3DESKTOP
3000 MHz / Cores: 8 / Sep 2014
Intel Core i7-5960X

Summary

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-11700

75 watts lower power draw.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the Intel Core i7-5960X.
Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-5960X

Higher theoretical multi-threaded performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.

Intel Core i7-11700

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-11700

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

Intel Core i7-11700Intel Core i7-5960X
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
AVX512F
FMA3
SHA
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
ABM
ADX
RdRand
TBT 2.0
TBT 3.0
HTT
Boost 2.0

Architecture

Intel Core i7-11700Intel Core i7-5960X
ArchitectureIntel Rocket LakevsIntel_Haswell
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4-3200 MHz Dual-channelvsDDR4
CodenameRocket LakevsHaswell-E
Release DateMar 2021vsSep 2014

Cores

Intel Core i7-11700Intel Core i7-5960X
Cores8vs8
Threads16vs16
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsUHD Graphics 750vsNo

Cache

Intel Core i7-11700Intel Core i7-5960X
L1 Cache64K (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256K (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache16MB (shared)vs20480 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i7-11700Intel Core i7-5960X
SocketIntel Socket 1200vsIntel Socket 2011-3
Max Case Temp72°Cvsunknown
PackageFC-LGA1200vs
Die Sizeunknownvs356mm²
Process14 nmvs22 nm

Performance

Intel Core i7-11700Intel Core i7-5960X
Cpu Frequency2500 MHzvs3000 MHz
Turbo Clock4900 MHzvs3500 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
VoltageN/Avsunknown
TDP65 Wvs140 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i7-11700
    5880 points
  • Intel Core i7-5960X
    3920 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i7-11700
    28800 points
  • Intel Core i7-5960X
    32256 points

Points - higher is better