Intel Core i7-11800H vs Intel Core i7-5960X

Intel Core i7-11800H
Intel BGA1499MOBILE
2300 MHz / Cores: 8 / May 2021
Intel Core i7-11800H
Intel Core i7-5960X
Intel Socket 2011-3DESKTOP
3000 MHz / Cores: 8 / Sep 2014
Intel Core i7-5960X

Summary

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-11800H

105 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 specifications plus core architecture.

Intel Core i7-11800H

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-11800H

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i7-5960X

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-5960X

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

Intel Core i7-11800HIntel Core i7-5960X
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
AVX-512
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
HTT
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
Boost 3.0
Boost 2.0

Architecture

Intel Core i7-11800HIntel Core i7-5960X
ArchitectureIntel Rocket LakevsIntel_Haswell
MarketMobilevsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4-3200 MHzvsDDR4
CodenameTiger Lake-HvsHaswell-E
Release DateMay 2021vsSep 2014

Cores

Intel Core i7-11800HIntel Core i7-5960X
Cores8vs8
Threads16vs16
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsUHD Graphics 750vsNo

Cache

Intel Core i7-11800HIntel Core i7-5960X
L1 Cache96K (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache1.25MB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache24MB (shared)vs20480 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i7-11800HIntel Core i7-5960X
SocketIntel BGA1499vsIntel Socket 2011-3
Max Case Temp72°Cvsunknown
PackageFC-BGA1499vs
Die Sizeunknownvs356mm²
Process10 nmvs22 nm

Performance

Intel Core i7-11800HIntel Core i7-5960X
Cpu Frequency2300 MHzvs3000 MHz
Turbo Clock4600 MHzvs3500 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
VoltageN/Avsunknown
TDP35 Wvs140 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i7-11800H
    5520 points
  • Intel Core i7-5960X
    3920 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i7-11800H
    26496 points
  • Intel Core i7-5960X
    32256 points

Points - higher is better