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General information Core i7-6950X Core i7-7700K
Launched Q2 2016 Q4 2016
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 Kaby Lake-S
Clock 3 GHz 28.6 % 4.2 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 11.1 % 4.5 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 i7-7700K
Overall Score 57930 0 % 49986 13.7 %
Future Proof 53 % 5.4 % 56 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 11262 0 % 6243 44.6 %
Single Thread Score 2334 13.5 % 2697.5 0 %
Encrypting Data 5019.8 MB/s 0 % 3369.1 MB/s 32.9 %
Compressing Data 270.2 MB/s 0 % 132.7 MB/s 50.9 %
String objects sorting 35548.8 thousand/s 0 % 17335 thousand/s 51.2 %
Prime numbers generation 78.5 millions/s 0 % 30.7 millions/s 60.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 64087.2 millions/s 0 % 30625.3 millions/s 52.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 41170.2 millions/s 0 % 18958.1 millions/s 54 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-6950X, Core i7-7700K.

Average frames per second Core i7-6950X Core i7-7700K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 126.8 FPS 103.1 FPS
High settings 202.9 FPS 165.0 FPS
Medium settings 253.6 FPS 206.3 FPS
Low settings 317.0 FPS 257.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 18.6 %

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 i7-7700K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 152.6 FPS 138.6 FPS
High settings 244.1 FPS 221.8 FPS
Medium settings 305.1 FPS 277.2 FPS
Low settings 381.4 FPS 346.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 9.1 %
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