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General information Core i7-6950X Core i7-10700
Launched Q2 2016 Q2 2020
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 FCLGA1200
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Broadwell-E Comet Lake
Clock 3 GHz 0 % 2.9 GHz 3.3 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 16.7 % 4.8 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 i7-10700
Overall Score 58082 0 % 57254 1.4 %
Future Proof 53 % 30.3 % 76 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 11381 0 % 10745 5.6 %
Single Thread Score 2336 18.9 % 2879.9 0 %
Encrypting Data 5058.1 MB/s 10.2 % 5630.4 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 273.2 MB/s 0 % 248.6 MB/s 9 %
String objects sorting 35574 thousand/s 0 % 32151 thousand/s 9.6 %
Prime numbers generation 79.3 millions/s 0 % 47.9 millions/s 39.7 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 63978.4 millions/s 0 % 63174.4 millions/s 1.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 40712.8 millions/s 0 % 39060.7 millions/s 4.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-6950X, Core i7-10700.

Average frames per second Core i7-6950X Core i7-10700
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 126.7 FPS 124.2 FPS
High settings 202.7 FPS 198.8 FPS
Medium settings 253.4 FPS 248.5 FPS
Low settings 316.8 FPS 310.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 2 %

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 i7-10700
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 152.7 FPS 151.2 FPS
High settings 244.2 FPS 241.9 FPS
Medium settings 305.3 FPS 302.4 FPS
Low settings 381.6 FPS 378.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 1 %
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