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Intel logo Core i7-6950X
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General information Core i7-6950X Core i5-3550
Launched Q2 2016 Q1 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Broadwell-E Ivy Bridge
Clock 3 GHz 9.1 % 3.3 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 0 % 3.7 GHz 7.5 %
Cores 10 0 % 4 60 %
Threads 20 0 % 4 80 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 77 W 45 %
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 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-6950X Core i5-3550
Overall Score 57719 0 % 41828 27.5 %
Future Proof 53 % 0 % 28 % 47.2 %
Benchmark Score 11099 0 % 3061 72.4 %
Single Thread Score 2324.3 0 % 2013 13.4 %
Encrypting Data 4999.6 MB/s 0 % 1218.8 MB/s 75.6 %
Compressing Data 269.4 MB/s 0 % 73.5 MB/s 72.7 %
String objects sorting 35491.6 thousand/s 0 % 9384.1 thousand/s 73.6 %
Prime numbers generation 78.8 millions/s 0 % 29.2 millions/s 62.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 64297.3 millions/s 0 % 15216.7 millions/s 76.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 41090.9 millions/s 0 % 11183.8 millions/s 72.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-6950X, Core i5-3550.

Average frames per second Core i7-6950X Core i5-3550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 126.8 FPS 79.4 FPS
High settings 202.8 FPS 127.0 FPS
Medium settings 253.5 FPS 158.8 FPS
Low settings 316.9 FPS 198.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 37.4 %

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 i5-3550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 153.4 FPS 124.7 FPS
High settings 245.4 FPS 199.5 FPS
Medium settings 306.8 FPS 249.4 FPS
Low settings 383.5 FPS 311.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 18.7 %
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