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Intel logo Core i7-6950X
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General information Core i7-6950X Core i7-4930K
Launched Q2 2016 Q1 2013
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 LGA2011
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Broadwell-E Ivy Bridge-E
Clock 3 GHz 11.8 % 3.4 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 0 % 3.9 GHz 2.5 %
Cores 10 0 % 6 40 %
Threads 20 0 % 12 40 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 130 W 7.1 %
Lithography 14 nm 36.4 % 22 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 × 12 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-6950X Core i7-4930K
Overall Score 57932 0 % 49654 14.3 %
Future Proof 53 % 0 % 34 % 35.8 %
Benchmark Score 11264 0 % 6079 46 %
Single Thread Score 2333 0 % 1959 16 %
Encrypting Data 5055.1 MB/s 0 % 2771.8 MB/s 45.2 %
Compressing Data 273.5 MB/s 0 % 153 MB/s 44.1 %
String objects sorting 35733.9 thousand/s 0 % 21773.9 thousand/s 39.1 %
Prime numbers generation 78.9 millions/s 0 % 41.3 millions/s 47.6 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 63908.2 millions/s 0 % 34676.7 millions/s 45.7 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 41254.4 millions/s 0 % 17671.6 millions/s 57.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-6950X, Core i7-4930K.

Average frames per second Core i7-6950X Core i7-4930K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 126.8 FPS 102.1 FPS
High settings 202.9 FPS 163.4 FPS
Medium settings 253.6 FPS 204.3 FPS
Low settings 317.0 FPS 255.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 19.4 %

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 i7-4930K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 152.6 FPS 138.0 FPS
High settings 244.1 FPS 220.9 FPS
Medium settings 305.2 FPS 276.1 FPS
Low settings 381.4 FPS 345.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 9.5 %
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