Intel Core i7-5930K Benchmark, Test and specs

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The Intel Core i7-5930K has 6 cores with 12 threads and is based on the 5. gen of the Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition series. The processor uses a mainboard with the LGA 2011-3 socket and was released in Q3/2014. The Intel Core i7-5930K scores 984 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 5,788 points.
Intel Core i7-5930K

CPU lineage

The segment in which we have classified the Intel Core i7-5930K. Here you can see if it is a desktop processor or a mobile processor or which processor may be the successor of the Intel Core i7-5930K.

Name: Intel Core i7-5930K
Family: Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition
CPU group: Intel Core i 5000X
Segment: Desktop / Server
Generation: 5
Predecessor: --
Successor: --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i7-5930K has 6 CPU cores and can calculate 12 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i7-5930K is 3.50 GHz (3.70 GHz). The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

CPU Cores / Threads: 6 / 12
Core architecture: normal
Cores: 6x
Hyperthreading / SMT: Yes
Overclocking: Yes
Frequency: 3.50 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core): 3.70 GHz
Turbo Frequency (6 Cores): 3.60 GHz

Memory & PCIe

The processor can use up to memory in 4 (Quad Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is --. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

Memory type: DDR4-2133
Max. Memory:
Memory channels: 4 (Quad Channel)
Bandwidth: --
ECC: No
PCIe: 3.0 x 40
AES-NI: Yes

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 140 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU.

TDP (PL1 / PBP): 140 W
TDP (PL2): --
TDP up: --
TDP down: --
Tjunction max.: --

Technical details

The Intel Core i7-5930K is made in 22 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 15.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

Technology: 22 nm
Chip design: Monolithic
Socket: LGA 2011-3
L2-Cache: --
L3-Cache: 15.00 MB
Architecture: Haswell E
Operating systems: Windows 10, Linux
Virtualization: VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Instruction set (ISA): x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions: SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date: Q3/2014
Release price: 499 $
Part Number: --
Documents: --

Benchmark results

Verified Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Intel Core i7-5930K have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.


Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X
16C 32T @ 4.00 GHz
411
Intel Core i7-4790K Intel Core i7-4790K
4C 8T @ 4.40 GHz
411
Microsoft XBox Series S Microsoft XBox Series S
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
410
Intel Core i7-5930K Intel Core i7-5930K
6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz
409
Intel Core i3-10300T Intel Core i3-10300T
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
408
Intel Core i5-8600K Intel Core i5-8600K
6C 6T @ 4.30 GHz
406
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X
12C 24T @ 4.00 GHz
406
Show all Cinebench R20 (Single-Core) results



Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.

AMD Ryzen 7 1700 AMD Ryzen 7 1700
8C 16T @ 3.30 GHz
3189
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4
14C 28T @ 2.70 GHz
3107
AMD Ryzen 7 2700E AMD Ryzen 7 2700E
8C 16T @ 3.20 GHz
3065
Intel Core i7-5930K Intel Core i7-5930K
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
3052
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz
3048
Intel Core i7-1255U Intel Core i7-1255U
10C 12T @ 2.70 GHz
3009
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750U AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750U
8C 16T @ 3.10 GHz
3007
Show all Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core) results



Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.




Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.

AMD Ryzen 7 1700 AMD Ryzen 7 1700
8C 16T @ 3.30 GHz
5816
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700
8C 16T @ 3.30 GHz
5816
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3
8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
5789
Intel Core i7-5930K Intel Core i7-5930K
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
5788
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
5786
Intel Core i3-12100T Intel Core i3-12100T
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
5784
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz
5782
Show all Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core) results



Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.

Intel Core i7-8700K Intel Core i7-8700K
6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz
13874
Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3
8C 16T @ 3.00 GHz
13864
AMD Ryzen 7 4700U AMD Ryzen 7 4700U
8C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
13644
Intel Core i7-5930K Intel Core i7-5930K
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
13637
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3
6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz
13625
Intel Xeon E-2176M Intel Xeon E-2176M
6C 12T @ 2.70 GHz
13563
Intel Core i7-9750HF Intel Core i7-9750HF
6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz
13540
Show all Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark results



Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.

Intel Core i7-9750HF Intel Core i7-9750HF
6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz
307
AMD A10-6800K AMD A10-6800K
4C 4T @ 4.40 GHz
309.5
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AMD Ryzen 5 1600
6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz
313
Intel Core i7-5930K Intel Core i7-5930K
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
313.2
Apple M1 Apple M1
8C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
314
Apple M1 (7-GPU) Apple M1 (7-GPU)
8C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
314
Intel Core i5-9600KF Intel Core i5-9600KF
6C 6T @ 4.30 GHz
315.5
Show all Blender 2.81 (bmw27) results



CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.

Intel Core i5-10500T Intel Core i5-10500T
6C 12T @ 2.30 GHz
3070
Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3
8C 16T @ 2.60 GHz
3057
Intel Core i7-10710U Intel Core i7-10710U
6C 12T @ 1.10 GHz
3056
Intel Core i7-5930K Intel Core i7-5930K
6C 12T @ 3.50 GHz
3043
Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2
8C 16T @ 2.60 GHz
3008
AMD Ryzen 5 4600HS AMD Ryzen 5 4600HS
6C 12T @ 3.00 GHz
3000
Intel Core i7-9850H Intel Core i7-9850H
6C 12T @ 2.60 GHz
2960
Show all CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core) results



Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.

Intel Core i5-7300HQ Intel Core i5-7300HQ
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
143
Intel Core i7-4810MQ Intel Core i7-4810MQ
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
143
Intel Pentium Gold G6400T Intel Pentium Gold G6400T
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
143
Intel Core i7-5930K Intel Core i7-5930K
6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz
142
Intel Core i3-1000NG4 Intel Core i3-1000NG4
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
142
AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 2200G AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 2200G
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
142
AMD Athlon 240GE AMD Athlon 240GE
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
142
Show all Cinebench R15 (Single-Core) results



Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.

Intel Xeon E5-2630L v4 Intel Xeon E5-2630L v4
10C 20T @ 2.20 GHz
1160
Intel Core i7-3960X Intel Core i7-3960X
6C 12T @ 3.90 GHz
1158
Intel Xeon E5-2643 v4 Intel Xeon E5-2643 v4
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
1150
Intel Core i7-5930K Intel Core i7-5930K
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
1149
Intel Xeon E5-2643 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2643 v3
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
1149
Intel Xeon Silver 4110 Intel Xeon Silver 4110
8C 16T @ 2.60 GHz
1148
Intel Core i5-10400T Intel Core i5-10400T
6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz
1137
Show all Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core) results



Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 3 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.

AMD Ryzen 7 3700U AMD Ryzen 7 3700U
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz
3845
AMD Ryzen 7 3780U AMD Ryzen 7 3780U
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz
3845
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz
3845
Intel Core i7-5930K Intel Core i7-5930K
6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz
3844
Intel Xeon E5-2643 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2643 v3
6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz
3844
Intel Core i3-4160 Intel Core i3-4160
2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
3838
Intel Core i3-8100 Intel Core i3-8100
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
3834
Show all Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core) results



Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 3 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.

Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3
6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz
25086
Intel Xeon Gold 5115 Intel Xeon Gold 5115
10C 20T @ 2.60 GHz
24932
Intel Xeon E5-2628L v3 Intel Xeon E5-2628L v3
10C 20T @ 2.20 GHz
24860
Intel Core i7-5930K Intel Core i7-5930K
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
24408
Intel Xeon E5-2643 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2643 v3
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
24408
Intel Core i7-7800X Intel Core i7-7800X
6C 12T @ 3.90 GHz
24162
Intel Core i9-8950HK Intel Core i9-8950HK
6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz
24075
Show all Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core) results



Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Cinebench 11.5 is based on the Cinema 4D Suite, a software that is popular to generate forms and other stuff in 3D. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.

Intel Core i7-4790 Intel Core i7-4790
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz
1.79
Intel Core i7-4790S Intel Core i7-4790S
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz
1.79
Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
1.79
Intel Core i7-5930K Intel Core i7-5930K
6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz
1.78
AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 2200G AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 2200G
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
1.78
AMD Ryzen 3 2200G AMD Ryzen 3 2200G
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
1.78
Intel Core i5-8250U Intel Core i5-8250U
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
1.78
Show all Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core) results



Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Cinebench 11.5 is based on the Cinema 4D Suite, a software that is popular to generate forms and other stuff in 3D. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.

Intel Core i7-8750H Intel Core i7-8750H
6C 12T @ 3.90 GHz
11.72
Intel Core i7-4960X Intel Core i7-4960X
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz
11.71
Intel Xeon E5-1660 v2 Intel Xeon E5-1660 v2
6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz
11.71
Intel Core i7-5930K Intel Core i7-5930K
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
11.7
Intel Xeon E5-2643 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2643 v3
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
11.7
Intel Xeon E5-2630 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2630 v3
8C 16T @ 2.80 GHz
11.54
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2
6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz
11.37
Show all Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core) results



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