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Intel Core i7-5960X vs Apple A18 Pro
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Core i7-5960X
34 %
8C / 16T · 3.50 GHz
Apple A18 Pro
100 %
6C / 6T · 4.04 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core i7-5960X
90 %
8C / 16T · 3.20 GHz
Apple A18 Pro
100 %
6C / 6T · 4.04 GHz
More benchmarks
Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries
427 entries
Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries
422 entries
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
1,989 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
1,927 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries
190 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries
751 entries
Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries
1,113 entries
Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries
1,110 entries
Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries
945 entries
Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries
941 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries
826 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries
837 entries
AI performance (NPU)
218 entries
218 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-5960X | Apple A18 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition (24) | Apple A series (27) |
| CPU group | Intel Core i 5000X (3) | Apple A18 (2) |
| Architecture | Haswell E | Donan |
| Technology | 22 nm | 3 nm |
| Segment | Desktop | Smartphone / Tablet |
| Socket | LGA 2011-3 | |
| Predecessor | Intel Core i7-4960X | Apple A17 Pro |
| Successor | Apple A19 Pro |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-5960X | Apple A18 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 8 / 16 | 6 / 6 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✓ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 8x 3.00 - 3.50 GHz |
2x Donan P-Core 0.70 - 4.04 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Donan E-Core 0.74 - 2.30 GHz |
|
| L2-Cache | 20.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 20.00 MB | 24.00 MB |
| Overclocking | ✓ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-5960X | Apple A18 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | no iGPU | Apple A18 Pro (6 GPU Cores) |
| GPU frequency | 0.39 - 1.68 GHz | |
| CUs / Shader | / | 24 / 768 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✓ |
| Max. displays | 1 | |
| Max. GPU Memory | 8 GB | |
| Technology | 3 nm | |
| Release date | Q3/2024 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-5960X | Apple A18 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | |
| AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 38 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-5960X | Apple A18 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR4-2133 (68.2 GB/s) | LPDDR5X-7500 (60.0 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 64 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory channels | 4 | 1 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 3.0 x 40 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 39.4 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-5960X | Apple A18 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 140 W | 12 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-5960X | Apple A18 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Chiplet |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✗ |
| Operating systems | Windows 10, Linux | iOS |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | Armv9-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 | |
| Release date | Q3/2014 | Q3/2024 |
| Release price | 829 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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