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Intel logo Core i7-6950X
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General information Core i7-6950X Core i7-4790S
Launched Q2 2016 Q2 2014
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 LGA1150
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Broadwell-E Haswell Refresh
Clock 3 GHz 6.3 % 3.2 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 0 % 4 GHz 0 %
Cores 10 0 % 4 60 %
Threads 20 0 % 8 60 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 65 W 53.6 %
Lithography 14 nm 36.4 % 22 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 i7-4790S
Overall Score 57932 0 % 46143 20.3 %
Future Proof 53 % 0 % 42 % 20.8 %
Benchmark Score 11264 0 % 4533 59.8 %
Single Thread Score 2333 0 % 2201.4 5.6 %
Encrypting Data 5055.1 MB/s 0 % 1954.9 MB/s 61.3 %
Compressing Data 273.5 MB/s 0 % 101.5 MB/s 62.9 %
String objects sorting 35733.9 thousand/s 0 % 14249 thousand/s 60.1 %
Prime numbers generation 78.9 millions/s 0 % 31.2 millions/s 60.4 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 63908.2 millions/s 0 % 25110.1 millions/s 60.7 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 41254.4 millions/s 0 % 12481 millions/s 69.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-6950X, Core i7-4790S.

Average frames per second Core i7-6950X Core i7-4790S
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 126.8 FPS 91.8 FPS
High settings 202.9 FPS 146.8 FPS
Medium settings 253.6 FPS 183.5 FPS
Low settings 317.0 FPS 229.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 27.6 %

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 i7-4790S
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 152.6 FPS 131.9 FPS
High settings 244.1 FPS 211.0 FPS
Medium settings 305.2 FPS 263.7 FPS
Low settings 381.4 FPS 329.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 13.6 %
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