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Intel logo Core i7-6950X
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General information Core i7-6950X Core i5-6600
Launched Q2 2016 Q3 2015
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 LGA1151
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Broadwell-E Skylake-S
Clock 3 GHz 9.1 % 3.3 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 0 % 3.9 GHz 2.5 %
Cores 10 0 % 4 60 %
Threads 20 0 % 4 80 %
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
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 10 × 256 kB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 25 MB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-6950X Core i5-6600
Overall Score 57932 0 % 44469 23.2 %
Future Proof 53 % 0 % 49 % 7.5 %
Benchmark Score 11264 0 % 3911 65.3 %
Single Thread Score 2333 0 % 2269.3 2.7 %
Encrypting Data 5055.1 MB/s 0 % 1785.4 MB/s 64.7 %
Compressing Data 273.5 MB/s 0 % 80.3 MB/s 70.6 %
String objects sorting 35733.9 thousand/s 0 % 10102.8 thousand/s 71.7 %
Prime numbers generation 78.9 millions/s 0 % 29.2 millions/s 63 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 63908.2 millions/s 0 % 15809.4 millions/s 75.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 41254.4 millions/s 0 % 13414.4 millions/s 67.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-6950X, Core i5-6600.

Average frames per second Core i7-6950X Core i5-6600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 126.8 FPS 86.8 FPS
High settings 202.9 FPS 138.9 FPS
Medium settings 253.6 FPS 173.6 FPS
Low settings 317.0 FPS 217.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 31.5 %

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 i5-6600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 152.6 FPS 128.9 FPS
High settings 244.1 FPS 206.2 FPS
Medium settings 305.2 FPS 257.8 FPS
Low settings 381.4 FPS 322.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 15.5 %
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