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General information Core i7-6950X Core i7-6800K
Launched Q2 2016 Q2 2016
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 LGA2011-v3
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Broadwell-E Broadwell-E
Clock 3 GHz 11.8 % 3.4 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 0 % 3.8 GHz 5 %
Cores 10 0 % 6 40 %
Threads 20 0 % 12 40 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 140 W 0 %
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 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 25 MB
1 × 15 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-6950X Core i7-6800K
Overall Score 57719 0 % 51161 11.4 %
Future Proof 53 % 0 % 53 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 11099 0 % 6851 38.3 %
Single Thread Score 2347.7 0 % 2292.5 2.4 %
Encrypting Data 5024.8 MB/s 0 % 2889.7 MB/s 42.5 %
Compressing Data 273.8 MB/s 0 % 157.3 MB/s 42.5 %
String objects sorting 35991 thousand/s 0 % 20871.1 thousand/s 42 %
Prime numbers generation 78.7 millions/s 0 % 48 millions/s 39.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 63723.2 millions/s 0 % 37350.6 millions/s 41.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 41132 millions/s 0 % 24197.6 millions/s 41.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-6950X, Core i7-6800K.

Average frames per second Core i7-6950X Core i7-6800K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 126.8 FPS 107.2 FPS
High settings 202.8 FPS 171.5 FPS
Medium settings 253.5 FPS 214.4 FPS
Low settings 316.9 FPS 268.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 15.4 %

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 i7-6800K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 153.5 FPS 141.6 FPS
High settings 245.6 FPS 226.5 FPS
Medium settings 306.9 FPS 283.2 FPS
Low settings 383.7 FPS 354.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 7.7 %
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