5960x 4.4 vs 4790k (hyper-threads vs cores)

[djent3]

I have had this thought in mind for a long time now and so it's time to ask what you guys think.

TLDR, would 8 true cores beat 4 true cores and 4 hyperthreads .

 

So as we know that games are becoming more and more multithreaded, which higher core processors will see boost in performance over counterparts. My thought was that would a 5960x/6900k with hyperthreading disabled and 8 true cores outperform a 4790k/6700k in games that use 8 threads. As an i5 with 4 true cores beats an i3 which has 2 cores and 2 hyper-threads, would the same apply to the i7's. From what I have heard, hyper-threads are about 40% of the efficiency of a true core which means that theoretically 8 true cores will outperform 4790k/6700k at same clocks, which means that x99 IS useful in gaming. Don't games read threads like: core0, hyper-thread 1, core 1 hyper-thread 2 and so on, which means that with hyperthreading enabled would perform like 4790k/6700k at same clocks. But I might be wrong here, which is why I'm wondering what you guys think.

 

 

[Festive]

As of now, no. Something like a 6700k beats a 6950x in gaming. Will that change,most likely as you said because more and more titles are becoming more multithread-favoring. 

[Curufinwe_wins]

7 minutes ago, djent3 said:

I have had this thought in mind for a long time now and so it's time to ask what you guys think.

TLDR, would 8 true cores beat 4 true cores and 4 hyperthreads .

 

So as we know that games are becoming more and more multithreaded, which higher core processors will see boost in performance over counterparts. My thought was that would a 5960x/6900k with hyperthreading disabled and 8 true cores outperform a 4790k/6700k in games that use 8 threads. As an i5 with 4 true cores beats an i3 which has 2 cores and 2 hyper-threads, would the same apply to the i7's. From what I have heard, hyper-threads are about 40% of the efficiency of a true core which means that theoretically 8 true cores will outperform 4790k/6700k at same clocks, which means that x99 IS useful in gaming. Don't games read threads like: core0, hyper-thread 1, core 1 hyper-thread 2 and so on, which means that with hyperthreading enabled would perform like 4790k/6700k at same clocks. But I might be wrong here, which is why I'm wondering what you guys think.

 

 

 

5 minutes ago, Festive said:

As of now, no. Something like a 6700k beats a 6950x in gaming. Will that change,most likely as you said because more and more titles are becoming more multithread-favoring. 

 

At the same clocks with the same uarch, an 6 or even 8 core cpu is always going to beat or tie the 4 core, and with dual gpu sometimes the differences are GIGANTIC.

 

So GIGANTIC in fact that I would never ever recommend dual gpu on anything less than an overclocked hex-core (modern uarch ofc, not shit-ass 6300 or something).