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Intel logo Core i7-6950X
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General information Core i7-6950X Core i5-11500
Launched Q2 2016 Q2 2021
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 FCLGA1200
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Broadwell-E Rocket Lake-S
Clock 3 GHz 0 % 2.7 GHz 10 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 13 % 4.6 GHz 0 %
Cores 10 0 % 6 40 %
Threads 20 0 % 12 40 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 65 W 53.6 %
Lithography 14 nm 0 % 14 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 10 × 32 kB Instruction
10 × 32 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 10 × 256 kB
6 × 512 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 25 MB
1 × 12 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-6950X Core i5-11500
Overall Score 57929 0 % 57899 0.1 %
Future Proof 53 % 35.4 % 82 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 11261 0 % 11238 0.2 %
Single Thread Score 2327 25.2 % 3112.9 0 %
Encrypting Data 5050.1 MB/s 53.3 % 10816.6 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 272.6 MB/s 0 % 208.7 MB/s 23.5 %
String objects sorting 35798.1 thousand/s 0 % 24574.3 thousand/s 31.4 %
Prime numbers generation 79.4 millions/s 0 % 52.5 millions/s 33.8 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 64023.5 millions/s 0 % 58781 millions/s 8.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 41457.8 millions/s 0 % 34756.5 millions/s 16.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-6950X, Core i5-11500.

Average frames per second Core i7-6950X Core i5-11500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 126.7 FPS 126.6 FPS
High settings 202.7 FPS 202.6 FPS
Medium settings 253.4 FPS 253.2 FPS
Low settings 316.8 FPS 316.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.1 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V Core i7-6950X Core i5-11500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 152.6 FPS 152.5 FPS
High settings 244.1 FPS 244.0 FPS
Medium settings 305.1 FPS 305.1 FPS
Low settings 381.4 FPS 381.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 0 %
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