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Intel logo Core i7-6950X
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General information Core i7-6950X Core i5-9600K
Launched Q2 2016 Q4 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 Refresh
Clock 3 GHz 18.9 % 3.7 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 13 % 4.6 GHz 0 %
Cores 10 0 % 6 40 %
Threads 20 0 % 6 70 %
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
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 10 × 256 kB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 25 MB
6 × 1.5 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-6950X Core i5-9600K
Overall Score 58082 0 % 51401 11.5 %
Future Proof 53 % 22.1 % 68 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 11381 0 % 6980 38.7 %
Single Thread Score 2336 14.4 % 2729.3 0 %
Encrypting Data 5058.1 MB/s 0 % 3269.7 MB/s 35.4 %
Compressing Data 273.2 MB/s 0 % 147 MB/s 46.2 %
String objects sorting 35574 thousand/s 0 % 18496.7 thousand/s 48 %
Prime numbers generation 79.3 millions/s 0 % 43.6 millions/s 45 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 63978.4 millions/s 0 % 29292.2 millions/s 54.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 40712.8 millions/s 0 % 25026.8 millions/s 38.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-6950X, Core i5-9600K.

Average frames per second Core i7-6950X Core i5-9600K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 126.7 FPS 106.9 FPS
High settings 202.7 FPS 171.1 FPS
Medium settings 253.4 FPS 213.9 FPS
Low settings 316.8 FPS 267.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 15.6 %

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 i5-9600K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 152.7 FPS 140.9 FPS
High settings 244.2 FPS 225.4 FPS
Medium settings 305.3 FPS 281.8 FPS
Low settings 381.6 FPS 352.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 7.7 %
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