Intel Core i9 7920X 's Advantages
Released 3 years late
Higher specification of memory (2666 vs 2133)
Larger memory bandwidth (85GB/s vs 68GB/s)
More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 22nm)
Intel Core i7 5960X 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (3.0GHz vs 2.9GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (20MB vs 17MB)