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Intel logo Core i7-6950X
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General information Core i7-6950X Core i5-7600K
Launched Q2 2016 Q1 2017
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 FCLGA1151
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Broadwell-E Kaby Lake-S
Clock 3 GHz 21.1 % 3.8 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 4.8 % 4.2 GHz 0 %
Cores 10 0 % 4 60 %
Threads 20 0 % 4 80 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 91 W 35 %
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 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-6950X Core i5-7600K
Overall Score 58082 0 % 45899 21 %
Future Proof 53 % 7 % 57 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 11381 0 % 4438 61 %
Single Thread Score 2336 7.5 % 2524.1 0 %
Encrypting Data 5058.1 MB/s 0 % 2007.9 MB/s 60.3 %
Compressing Data 273.2 MB/s 0 % 92.5 MB/s 66.1 %
String objects sorting 35574 thousand/s 0 % 11536.5 thousand/s 67.6 %
Prime numbers generation 79.3 millions/s 0 % 31.7 millions/s 60 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 63978.4 millions/s 0 % 17951.7 millions/s 71.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 40712.8 millions/s 0 % 14839.4 millions/s 63.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-6950X, Core i5-7600K.

Average frames per second Core i7-6950X Core i5-7600K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 126.7 FPS 90.6 FPS
High settings 202.7 FPS 145.0 FPS
Medium settings 253.4 FPS 181.3 FPS
Low settings 316.8 FPS 226.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 28.5 %

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 i5-7600K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 152.7 FPS 131.2 FPS
High settings 244.2 FPS 209.9 FPS
Medium settings 305.3 FPS 262.4 FPS
Low settings 381.6 FPS 328.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 14.1 %
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