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General information Core i7-6950X Core i9-9900
Launched Q2 2016 Q3 2019
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 FCLGA1151-2
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Core i9
Core Family Name Broadwell-E Coffee Lake Refresh
Clock 3 GHz 3.2 % 3.1 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 20 % 5 GHz 0 %
Cores 10 0 % 8 20 %
Threads 20 0 % 16 20 %
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
8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 10 × 256 kB
8 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 25 MB
1 × 16 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-6950X Core i9-9900
Overall Score 58082 0 % 57343 1.3 %
Future Proof 53 % 26.4 % 72 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 11381 0 % 10813 5 %
Single Thread Score 2336 17.7 % 2837 0 %
Encrypting Data 5058.1 MB/s 15.5 % 5987.5 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 273.2 MB/s 0 % 237.2 MB/s 13.2 %
String objects sorting 35574 thousand/s 0 % 32005.4 thousand/s 10 %
Prime numbers generation 79.3 millions/s 0 % 43.6 millions/s 45.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 63978.4 millions/s 0 % 62592.1 millions/s 2.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 40712.8 millions/s 0 % 38305.5 millions/s 5.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-6950X, Core i9-9900.

Average frames per second Core i7-6950X Core i9-9900
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 126.7 FPS 124.5 FPS
High settings 202.7 FPS 199.2 FPS
Medium settings 253.4 FPS 249.0 FPS
Low settings 316.8 FPS 311.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.8 %

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 i9-9900
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 152.7 FPS 151.3 FPS
High settings 244.2 FPS 242.2 FPS
Medium settings 305.3 FPS 302.7 FPS
Low settings 381.6 FPS 378.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.9 %
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