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General information Core i7-6950X Core i5-8500
Launched Q2 2016 Q1 2018
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 FCLGA1151-2
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Broadwell-E Coffee Lake
Clock 3 GHz 0 % 3 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 2.4 % 4.1 GHz 0 %
Cores 10 0 % 6 40 %
Threads 20 0 % 6 70 %
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
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 10 × 256 kB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 25 MB
1 × 9 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-6950X Core i5-8500
Overall Score 57930 0 % 49874 13.9 %
Future Proof 53 % 15.9 % 63 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 11262 0 % 6187 45.1 %
Single Thread Score 2334 5.4 % 2467.4 0 %
Encrypting Data 5019.8 MB/s 0 % 2986.8 MB/s 40.5 %
Compressing Data 270.2 MB/s 0 % 132.1 MB/s 51.1 %
String objects sorting 35548.8 thousand/s 0 % 16416.6 thousand/s 53.8 %
Prime numbers generation 78.5 millions/s 0 % 36.2 millions/s 53.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 64087.2 millions/s 0 % 26945.9 millions/s 58 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 41170.2 millions/s 0 % 22567 millions/s 45.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-6950X, Core i5-8500.

Average frames per second Core i7-6950X Core i5-8500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 126.8 FPS 102.8 FPS
High settings 202.9 FPS 164.5 FPS
Medium settings 253.6 FPS 205.6 FPS
Low settings 317.0 FPS 257.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 18.9 %

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 i5-8500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 152.6 FPS 138.4 FPS
High settings 244.1 FPS 221.5 FPS
Medium settings 305.1 FPS 276.9 FPS
Low settings 381.4 FPS 346.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 9.3 %
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