Intel Core i7-5930K vs Intel Core i9-8950HK

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Physical Specifications

Socket Intel Socket 2011-3 Intel BGA 1440
Foundry Intel Intel
Process size 22 nm 14 nm
Transistors 2,600 million unknown
Die size 356 mm² 149 mm²
Package FC-BGA1440
tCaseMax 72°C

Performance

Frequency 3.5 GHz 2.9 GHz
Turbo clock up to 3.7 GHz up to 4.7 GHz
Base clock 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 35.0x 37.0x
Multiplier unlocked No Yes
TDP 140 W 95 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Mobile
Production status Active Active
Release date Sep 1st, 2014 Apr 2nd, 2018
Codename Haswell-E Coffee Lake-H
Generation Core i7 Core i9
Part SR20R SRCKN
Memory support DDR4 DDR4
ECC memory No No
PCI Express Gen 2

Cores

Total Cores 6 6
Total Threads 12 12
SMP # CPUs 1 1
Integrated graphics UHD 630

Cache

Cache L1 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
Cache L2 256K (per core) 256K (per core)
Cache L3 15MB (shared) 12MB (shared)

Features & Technologies

AES-NI Yes Yes
AVX Yes Yes
AVX2 Yes Yes
BMI1 Yes Yes
BMI2 Yes Yes
Boost 2.0 Yes Yes
CLMUL Yes Yes
EIST Yes Yes
F16C Yes Yes
FMA3 Yes Yes
HTT Yes Yes
Intel 64 Yes Yes
MMX Yes Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4.2 Yes Yes
SSSE3 Yes Yes
TSX Yes Yes
TXT Yes Yes
VT-d Yes Yes
VT-x Yes Yes
XD bit Yes Yes

Notes

Notes This processor comes with an unlocked BCLK multiplier, allowing users to set the multiplier value higher than shipped value, to facilitate better overclocking.

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