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General information Core i9-9900K Core i7-6950X
Launched Q4 2018 Q2 2016
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1151-2 LGA2011-v3
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i7 Extreme
Core Family Name Coffee Lake Refresh Broadwell-E
Clock 3.6 GHz 0 % 3 GHz 16.7 %
Turbo Clock 5 GHz 0 % 4 GHz 20 %
Cores 8 20 % 10 0 %
Threads 16 20 % 20 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 32.1 % 140 W 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 0 % 14 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
10 × 32 kB Instruction
10 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 256 kB
10 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 16 MB
1 × 25 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-9900K Core i7-6950X
Overall Score 58811 0 % 58082 1.2 %
Future Proof 68 % 0 % 53 % 22.1 %
Benchmark Score 11963 0 % 11381 4.9 %
Single Thread Score 2937.9 0 % 2336 20.5 %
Encrypting Data 6573.8 MB/s 0 % 5058.1 MB/s 23.1 %
Compressing Data 276.3 MB/s 0 % 273.2 MB/s 1.1 %
String objects sorting 36426.1 thousand/s 0 % 35574 thousand/s 2.3 %
Prime numbers generation 47.4 millions/s 40.3 % 79.3 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 66217.2 millions/s 0 % 63978.4 millions/s 3.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 40894.2 millions/s 0 % 40712.8 millions/s 0.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-9900K, Core i7-6950X.

Average frames per second Core i9-9900K Core i7-6950X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 128.9 FPS 126.7 FPS
High settings 206.2 FPS 202.7 FPS
Medium settings 257.8 FPS 253.4 FPS
Low settings 322.3 FPS 316.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.7 %

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 i9-9900K Core i7-6950X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 154.0 FPS 152.7 FPS
High settings 246.4 FPS 244.2 FPS
Medium settings 307.9 FPS 305.3 FPS
Low settings 384.9 FPS 381.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.9 %
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