Intel Core Ultra 7 356H vs Intel Core i7 5960X
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Jan 2026
Aug 2014
Manufacturer
Intel
Intel
Type
Laptop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Panther Lake
Haswell E
Processor Number
356H
i7-5960X
Integrated Graphics
Graphics 4 Xe3
N/A
Generation
Intel Core Ultra Series 3
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Package
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
22 nm
Socket
Custom
LGA-2011-3
Power Consumption
15-25 W
140 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
80 W
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Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
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Transistor Count
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2.6 billions
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
4
8
Performance Core Threads
4
16
Performance Core Base Frequency
1.9 GHz
3.0 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.7 GHz
3.5 GHz
Efficiency Cores
12
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Efficiency Core Threads
12
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Efficiency Core Base Frequency
1.5 GHz
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Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
3.7 GHz
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Total Core Count
16
8
Total Thread Count
16
16
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
19
30x
L1 Cache
192 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
2560 K per core
256 K per core
L3 Cache
18 MB shared
20 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
LPDDR5X-8533,DDR5-7200
DDR4-2133
Max Memory Size
128 GB
64 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
4
Max Memory Bandwidth
136.5 GB/s
68 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
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GPU Base Frequency
800 MHz
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GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
2450 MHz
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Shader Units
1024
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Texture Units
64
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Raster Operation Units
32
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Execution Units
4
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Power Consumption
25
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AI Accelerator
Theoretical performance
50 TOPS
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Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
5.0
3.0
PCIe Lanes
20
40
Extended Instruction Set
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SSE4.2, AVX-2
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
2,003
1,057
Cinebench R23
18,102
9,850
Geekbench 6
2,738
1,244
Geekbench 6
15,294
6,669
Cinebench 2024
120
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Cinebench 2024
1,085
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Passmark CPU
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1,963
Passmark CPU
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12,655
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.