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General information Core i7-6950X Core i7-6700K
Launched Q2 2016 Q3 2015
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 LGA1151
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Broadwell-E Skylake-S
Clock 3 GHz 25 % 4 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 4.8 % 4.2 GHz 0 %
Cores 10 0 % 4 60 %
Threads 20 0 % 8 60 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 95 W 32.1 %
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 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-6950X Core i7-6700K
Overall Score 57931 0 % 49016 15.4 %
Future Proof 53 % 0 % 49 % 7.5 %
Benchmark Score 11262 0 % 5772 48.7 %
Single Thread Score 2326 7.4 % 2511.5 0 %
Encrypting Data 5009.8 MB/s 0 % 3073.3 MB/s 38.7 %
Compressing Data 272.9 MB/s 0 % 123.8 MB/s 54.6 %
String objects sorting 35520.1 thousand/s 0 % 15916.6 thousand/s 55.2 %
Prime numbers generation 79.2 millions/s 0 % 29.8 millions/s 62.4 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 63143.5 millions/s 0 % 28023.7 millions/s 55.6 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 41172.2 millions/s 0 % 17342.2 millions/s 57.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-6950X, Core i7-6700K.

Average frames per second Core i7-6950X Core i7-6700K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 126.8 FPS 100.3 FPS
High settings 202.9 FPS 160.5 FPS
Medium settings 253.6 FPS 200.6 FPS
Low settings 317.0 FPS 250.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 20.9 %

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 i7-6700K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 152.8 FPS 137.0 FPS
High settings 244.5 FPS 219.2 FPS
Medium settings 305.6 FPS 274.0 FPS
Low settings 382.0 FPS 342.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 10.3 %
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