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Intel logo Core i7-6950X
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General information Core i7-6950X Core i5-7600
Launched Q2 2016 Q1 2017
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 FCLGA1151
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Broadwell-E Kaby Lake-S
Clock 3 GHz 14.3 % 3.5 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 2.4 % 4.1 GHz 0 %
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 i5-7600
Overall Score 57930 0 % 45388 21.7 %
Future Proof 53 % 7 % 57 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 11262 0 % 4244 62.3 %
Single Thread Score 2334 5.4 % 2468 0 %
Encrypting Data 4999.7 MB/s 0 % 1960.6 MB/s 60.8 %
Compressing Data 273.2 MB/s 0 % 88.7 MB/s 67.5 %
String objects sorting 35477.5 thousand/s 0 % 11161.3 thousand/s 68.5 %
Prime numbers generation 78.4 millions/s 0 % 31.2 millions/s 60.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 63896.1 millions/s 0 % 17200.2 millions/s 73.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 41252.4 millions/s 0 % 14531 millions/s 64.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-6950X, Core i5-7600.

Average frames per second Core i7-6950X Core i5-7600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 126.8 FPS 89.5 FPS
High settings 202.9 FPS 143.2 FPS
Medium settings 253.6 FPS 179.0 FPS
Low settings 317.0 FPS 223.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 29.4 %

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 i5-7600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 152.5 FPS 130.4 FPS
High settings 244.0 FPS 208.7 FPS
Medium settings 305.0 FPS 260.9 FPS
Low settings 381.3 FPS 326.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 14.5 %
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