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General information Core i7-6950X Xeon E5-2650
Launched Q2 2016 Q1 2012
Used in Desktop Server
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 LGA2011
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Xeon E5
Core Family Name Broadwell-E Sandy Bridge-EP
Clock 3 GHz 0 % 2 GHz 33.3 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 0 % 2.8 GHz 30 %
Cores 10 0 % 8 20 %
Threads 20 0 % 16 20 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 95 W 32.1 %
Lithography 14 nm 56.3 % 32 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 × 20 MB
ECC Supported No Yes
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-6950X Xeon E5-2650
Overall Score 57931 0 % 46803 19.2 %
Future Proof 53 % 0 % 28 % 47.2 %
Benchmark Score 11262 0 % 4798 57.4 %
Single Thread Score 2361.1 0 % 1218.9 48.4 %
Encrypting Data 5035 MB/s 0 % 2262.6 MB/s 55.1 %
Compressing Data 273.5 MB/s 0 % 122.3 MB/s 55.3 %
String objects sorting 35342 thousand/s 0 % 19120.1 thousand/s 45.9 %
Prime numbers generation 78.8 millions/s 0 % 43.7 millions/s 44.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 63079.8 millions/s 0 % 29536.2 millions/s 53.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 40761.3 millions/s 0 % 11020 millions/s 73 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-6950X, Xeon E5-2650.

Average frames per second Core i7-6950X Xeon E5-2650
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 126.8 FPS 93.7 FPS
High settings 202.9 FPS 150.0 FPS
Medium settings 253.6 FPS 187.5 FPS
Low settings 317.0 FPS 234.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 26.1 %

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 Xeon E5-2650
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 152.6 FPS 133.1 FPS
High settings 244.2 FPS 212.9 FPS
Medium settings 305.3 FPS 266.2 FPS
Low settings 381.6 FPS 332.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 12.8 %
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