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Intel logo Core i7-6950X
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General information Core i7-6950X Core i7-4790
Launched Q2 2016 Q2 2014
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 FCLGA1150
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Broadwell-E Haswell Refresh
Clock 3 GHz 16.7 % 3.6 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 0 % 4 GHz 0 %
Cores 10 0 % 4 60 %
Threads 20 0 % 8 60 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 84 W 40 %
Lithography 14 nm 36.4 % 22 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 10 × 32 kB Instruction
10 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 10 × 256 kB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 25 MB
1 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-6950X Core i7-4790
Overall Score 57932 0 % 46560 19.6 %
Future Proof 53 % 0 % 42 % 20.8 %
Benchmark Score 11264 0 % 4699 58.3 %
Single Thread Score 2333 0 % 2222.8 4.7 %
Encrypting Data 5055.1 MB/s 0 % 2032.1 MB/s 59.8 %
Compressing Data 273.5 MB/s 0 % 106.2 MB/s 61.2 %
String objects sorting 35733.9 thousand/s 0 % 15030.9 thousand/s 57.9 %
Prime numbers generation 78.9 millions/s 0 % 32.2 millions/s 59.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 63908.2 millions/s 0 % 26127.8 millions/s 59.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 41254.4 millions/s 0 % 13085.6 millions/s 68.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-6950X, Core i7-4790.

Average frames per second Core i7-6950X Core i7-4790
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 126.8 FPS 93.0 FPS
High settings 202.9 FPS 148.8 FPS
Medium settings 253.6 FPS 186.0 FPS
Low settings 317.0 FPS 232.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 26.6 %

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 i7-4790
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 152.6 FPS 132.6 FPS
High settings 244.1 FPS 212.2 FPS
Medium settings 305.2 FPS 265.2 FPS
Low settings 381.4 FPS 331.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 13.1 %
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