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Intel logo Core i7-6950X
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General information Core i7-6950X Core i7-7700
Launched Q2 2016 Q4 2016
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 LGA1151
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Broadwell-E Kaby Lake-S
Clock 3 GHz 16.7 % 3.6 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 4.8 % 4.2 GHz 0 %
Cores 10 0 % 4 60 %
Threads 20 0 % 8 60 %
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
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 i7-7700
Overall Score 57932 0 % 48641 16 %
Future Proof 53 % 5.4 % 56 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 11264 0 % 5598 50.3 %
Single Thread Score 2323.6 5.1 % 2448.2 0 %
Encrypting Data 5060.2 MB/s 0 % 2982.9 MB/s 41.1 %
Compressing Data 270.5 MB/s 0 % 119 MB/s 56 %
String objects sorting 35876.4 thousand/s 0 % 15775.7 thousand/s 56 %
Prime numbers generation 78.8 millions/s 0 % 27.9 millions/s 64.6 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 63844.4 millions/s 0 % 27788.5 millions/s 56.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 41090 millions/s 0 % 17139.9 millions/s 58.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-6950X, Core i7-7700.

Average frames per second Core i7-6950X Core i7-7700
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 126.8 FPS 99.2 FPS
High settings 202.9 FPS 158.7 FPS
Medium settings 253.6 FPS 198.4 FPS
Low settings 317.0 FPS 248.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 21.8 %

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 i7-7700
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 152.9 FPS 136.4 FPS
High settings 244.6 FPS 218.2 FPS
Medium settings 305.8 FPS 272.7 FPS
Low settings 382.2 FPS 340.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 10.8 %
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