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General information Core i7-6950X Core2 Quad Q6700
Launched Q2 2016 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Core 2 Quad
Core Family Name Broadwell-E Kentsfield
Clock 3 GHz 0 % 2.7 GHz 10 %
Cores 10 0 % 4 60 %
Threads 20 0 % 4 80 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 105 W 25 %
Lithography 14 nm 78.5 % 65 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
2 × 4 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-6950X Core2 Quad Q6700
Overall Score 57930 0 % 34131 41.1 %
Future Proof 53 % 0 % 10 % 81.1 %
Benchmark Score 11262 0 % 1357 88 %
Single Thread Score 2317.6 0 % 1074.8 53.6 %
Encrypting Data 5045 MB/s 0 % 3089.1 MB/s 38.8 %
Compressing Data 274 MB/s 0 % 45.6 MB/s 83.4 %
String objects sorting 35548.8 thousand/s 0 % 6103.1 thousand/s 82.8 %
Prime numbers generation 79.7 millions/s 0 % 11 millions/s 86.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 63450.2 millions/s 0 % 9138.5 millions/s 85.6 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 40718.2 millions/s 0 % 4453.5 millions/s 89.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-6950X, Core2 Quad Q6700.

Average frames per second Core i7-6950X Core2 Quad Q6700
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 126.7 FPS 56.1 FPS
High settings 202.7 FPS 89.8 FPS
Medium settings 253.4 FPS 112.2 FPS
Low settings 316.8 FPS 140.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 55.7 %

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 i7-6950X Core2 Quad Q6700
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 152.3 FPS 110.4 FPS
High settings 243.6 FPS 176.7 FPS
Medium settings 304.5 FPS 220.9 FPS
Low settings 380.7 FPS 276.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 27.5 %
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