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General information Core i7-6950X Core i3-2125
Launched Q2 2016 Q3 2011
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Broadwell-E Sandy Bridge
Clock 3 GHz 9.1 % 3.3 GHz 0 %
Cores 10 0 % 2 80 %
Threads 20 0 % 4 80 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 65 W 53.6 %
Lithography 14 nm 56.3 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 10 × 32 kB Instruction
10 × 32 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 10 × 256 kB
2 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 25 MB
1 × 3 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-6950X Core i3-2125
Overall Score 57803 0 % 33992 41.2 %
Future Proof 53 % 0 % 26 % 50.9 %
Benchmark Score 11164 0 % 1335 88 %
Single Thread Score 2355.4 0 % 1555.9 33.9 %
Encrypting Data 4994.6 MB/s 0 % 3061.7 MB/s 38.7 %
Compressing Data 272.3 MB/s 0 % 42.4 MB/s 84.4 %
String objects sorting 35434.9 thousand/s 0 % 6545 thousand/s 81.5 %
Prime numbers generation 79.6 millions/s 0 % 14 millions/s 82.4 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 64139.9 millions/s 0 % 9985.6 millions/s 84.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 40759.3 millions/s 0 % 3745 millions/s 90.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-6950X, Core i3-2125.

Average frames per second Core i7-6950X Core i3-2125
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 126.6 FPS 55.9 FPS
High settings 202.5 FPS 89.4 FPS
Medium settings 253.1 FPS 111.7 FPS
Low settings 316.4 FPS 139.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 55.9 %

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 i3-2125
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 153.1 FPS 110.7 FPS
High settings 245.0 FPS 177.1 FPS
Medium settings 306.3 FPS 221.4 FPS
Low settings 382.8 FPS 276.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 27.7 %
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