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Intel logo Core i7-6950X
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General information Core i7-6950X Core i5-9400
Launched Q2 2016 Q1 2019
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 0 % 2.9 GHz 3.3 %
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 i5-9400
Overall Score 57932 0 % 49623 14.3 %
Future Proof 53 % 23.2 % 69 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 11264 0 % 6064 46.2 %
Single Thread Score 2333 4.7 % 2448.3 0 %
Encrypting Data 5055.1 MB/s 0 % 2832.1 MB/s 44 %
Compressing Data 273.5 MB/s 0 % 131.2 MB/s 52 %
String objects sorting 35733.9 thousand/s 0 % 16762 thousand/s 53.1 %
Prime numbers generation 78.9 millions/s 0 % 35.8 millions/s 54.7 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 63908.2 millions/s 0 % 26562 millions/s 58.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 41254.4 millions/s 0 % 22541.3 millions/s 45.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-6950X, Core i5-9400.

Average frames per second Core i7-6950X Core i5-9400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 126.8 FPS 102.1 FPS
High settings 202.9 FPS 163.3 FPS
Medium settings 253.6 FPS 204.1 FPS
Low settings 317.0 FPS 255.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 19.5 %

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 i5-9400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 152.6 FPS 138.0 FPS
High settings 244.1 FPS 220.8 FPS
Medium settings 305.2 FPS 276.0 FPS
Low settings 381.4 FPS 345.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 9.6 %
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