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Intel logo Core i7-6950X
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General information Core i7-6950X Core i7-2600
Launched Q2 2016 Q4 2010
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Broadwell-E Sandy Bridge
Clock 3 GHz 11.8 % 3.4 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 0 % 3.8 GHz 5 %
Cores 10 0 % 4 60 %
Threads 20 0 % 8 60 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 95 W 32.1 %
Lithography 14 nm 56.3 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 10 × 32 kB Instruction
10 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 10 × 256 kB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 25 MB
1 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-6950X Core i7-2600
Overall Score 57931 0 % 43113 25.6 %
Future Proof 53 % 0 % 21 % 60.4 %
Benchmark Score 11262 0 % 3455 69.3 %
Single Thread Score 2361.1 0 % 1747 26 %
Encrypting Data 5035 MB/s 0 % 1608.6 MB/s 68.1 %
Compressing Data 273.5 MB/s 0 % 88.2 MB/s 67.7 %
String objects sorting 35342 thousand/s 0 % 13027.4 thousand/s 63.1 %
Prime numbers generation 78.8 millions/s 0 % 24 millions/s 69.6 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 63079.8 millions/s 0 % 20704 millions/s 67.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 40761.3 millions/s 0 % 7757.7 millions/s 81 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-6950X, Core i7-2600.

Average frames per second Core i7-6950X Core i7-2600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 126.8 FPS 82.8 FPS
High settings 202.9 FPS 132.5 FPS
Medium settings 253.6 FPS 165.6 FPS
Low settings 317.0 FPS 207.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 34.7 %

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 i7-2600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 152.6 FPS 126.6 FPS
High settings 244.2 FPS 202.5 FPS
Medium settings 305.3 FPS 253.1 FPS
Low settings 381.6 FPS 316.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 17.1 %
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