Intel Core i7-6950X
The Intel Core i7-6950X is a high-end desktop CPU based on the Broadwell-E architecture. With its 10 physical cores (20 threads due to HyperThreading) it is intended for workstation PCs. The base clock speed is 3 GHz and ranges up to 3.5 GHz (Turbo Boost). The CPU also supports Turbo Boost Max 3.0, where a single core can be clocked even higher. However, this requires a special driver and a manual application profile. For current games of 2016, a fast quad-core CPU like the Kaby Lake based Core i7-7700K may be faster than the 6950X.
The CPU is produced in 14nm and rated at a quite high TDP of 120 Watt.
Series Intel Core i7 (Desktop) Codename Broadwell-E Clock Rate 3000 - 3500 MHz Front Side Bus 9.6 GT/s / QPI MHz Level 1 Cache 320 KB Level 2 Cache 2560 KB Level 3 Cache 25600 KB Number of Cores / Threads 10 / 20 Max. Power Consumption (TDP = Thermal Design Power) 120 Watt Transistor Count 3200 Million Manufacturing Technology 14 nm Die Size 246 mm2 Socket FCLGA2011-3 Features Quad-Channel DDR4 Memory Controller, Hyper-Threading, AES, Enhanced Speedstep, Turbo Boost Max 3.0, SSE1-4.2 64 Bit 64 Bit support Hardware Virtualization VT-x, VT-d Starting Price $1723 U.S. Announcement Date 03/10/2016 Product Link (external) Intel Core i7 (Desktop) 6950X
Benchmarks Power Consumption - Prime95 V28,10 Stress Power Consumption (external Monitor) ultra
100%
min: 224 avg: 224 (100%) median: 224 (100%) max: 224 Watt
i7-6950X Asus X99-E GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 32768 MB 11264MB 224
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Intel Core i7-4790K 0%
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Intel Core i7-4790K 0%
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption (external Monitor) ultra
min: 189 avg: 189 (100%) median: 189 (100%) max: 189 Watt
i7-6950X Asus X99-E GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 32768 MB 11264MB 189
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Intel Core i7-4790K -10%
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Geekbench 4.0 - 64 Bit Multi-Core Score
0% 100%
min: 26761 avg: 26761 (100%) median: 26761 (100%) max: 26761 Points
i7-6950X Asus X99-E GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 32768 MB 11264MB 26761
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AMD Ryzen 5 1600 -38%
Intel Core i7-4790K -38%
Intel Core i7-5960X -16%
Intel Core i7-6950X
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Geekbench 4.0 - 64 Bit Single-Core Score
0%
min: 4049 avg: 4049 (74%) median: 4049 (74%) max: 4049 Points
i7-6950X Asus X99-E GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 32768 MB 11264MB 4049
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AMD Ryzen 5 1400 -10%
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 -4%
Intel Core i7-5960X -2%
Intel Core i7-6950X
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Octane V2 - Total Score
0%
min: 35813 avg: 35813 (81%) median: 35813 (81%) max: 35813 Points
i7-6950X Asus X99-E GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 32768 MB 11264MB Edge 38 35813
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Intel Core i7-4790K -8%
Intel Core i7-6950X
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Cinebench R15 - CPU Single 64Bit
100%min: 147 avg: 155.5 (70%) median: 155.5 (70%) max: 164 Points
i7-6950X Asus X99-E GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 32768 MB 11264MB 147
i7-6950X Asus X99-E GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 32768 MB 11264MB Turbo Boost 3.0 164
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Intel Core i7-4790 2%
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Cinebench R15 - CPU Multi 64Bit
min: 1859 avg: 1859 (100%) median: 1859 (100%) max: 1859 Points
i7-6950X Asus X99-E GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 32768 MB 11264MB 1859
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AMD Ryzen 5 1600 -39%
Intel Core i7-5960X -25%
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Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Total Score
min: 1183 avg: 1183 (2%) median: 1183 (2%) max: 1183 ms
i7-6950X Asus X99-E GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 32768 MB 11264MB 1183
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Intel Core i7-4790K -4%
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Geekbench 3 - 32 Bit Multi-Core Score
0% 100%
min: 31129 avg: 31129 (100%) median: 31129 (100%) max: 31129 Points
i7-6950X Asus X99-E GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 32768 MB 11264MB 31129
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Intel Core i7-4790K -50%
Intel Core i7-6950X
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Geekbench 3 - 32 Bit Single-Core Score
0%
min: 3387 avg: 3387 (73%) median: 3387 (73%) max: 3387 Points
i7-6950X Asus X99-E GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 32768 MB 11264MB 3387
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Intel Xeon E3-1226 v3 -4%
Intel Core i7-6950X
Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 4%
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Geekbench 3 - 64 Bit Multi-Core Score
min: 32399 avg: 32399 (100%) median: 32399 (100%) max: 32399 Points
i7-6950X Asus X99-E GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 32768 MB 11264MB 32399
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AMD Ryzen 5 1600 -32%
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Geekbench 3 - 64 Bit Single-Core Score
min: 3613 avg: 3613 (76%) median: 3613 (76%) max: 3613 Points
i7-6950X Asus X99-E GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 32768 MB 11264MB 3613
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Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 2%
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3DMark - Fire Strike Physics 1920x1080
min: 21692 avg: 21692 (100%) median: 21692 (100%) max: 21692 Points
i7-6950X Asus X99-E GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 32768 MB 11264MB 21692
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Intel Xeon E5-2680 -38%
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 -27%
Intel Core i7-5960X -22%
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3DMark - Cloud Gate Standard Physics 1280x720
0%
min: 14621 avg: 14621 (37%) median: 14621 (37%) max: 14621 Points
i7-6950X Asus X99-E GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 32768 MB 11264MB 14621
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Intel Core i7-4790K -42%
Intel Xeon E5-2680 -28%
Intel Core i7-6950X
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3DMark - Ice Storm Unlimited Physics 1280x720 offscreen
0%
min: 40042 avg: 40042 (58%) median: 40042 (58%) max: 40042 Points
i7-6950X Asus X99-E GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 32768 MB 11264MB 40042
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Intel Core i7-6950X
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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Stream
min: 7398 avg: 7398 (61%) median: 7398 (61%) max: 7398 Points
i7-6950X Asus X99-E GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 32768 MB 11264MB 7398
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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Memory
min: 7087 avg: 7087 (68%) median: 7087 (68%) max: 7087 Points
i7-6950X Asus X99-E GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 32768 MB 11264MB 7087
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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Floating Point
0% 100%
min: 30405 avg: 30405 (100%) median: 30405 (100%) max: 30405 Points
i7-6950X Asus X99-E GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 32768 MB 11264MB 30405
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Intel Core i7-4790K -45%
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 -32%
Intel Core i7-6950X
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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Integer
0% 100%
min: 26617 avg: 26617 (100%) median: 26617 (100%) max: 26617 Points
i7-6950X Asus X99-E GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 32768 MB 11264MB 26617
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Intel Core i7-4790K -44%
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 -35%
Intel Core i7-6950X
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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Total Score
min: 22114 avg: 22114 (100%) median: 22114 (100%) max: 22114 Points
i7-6950X Asus X99-E GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 32768 MB 11264MB 22114
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Intel Core i7-4790K -38%
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 -28%
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Sunspider - 1.0 Total Score
0%
min: 94.4 avg: 94.4 (2%) median: 94.4 (2%) max: 94.4 ms
i7-6950X Asus X99-E GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 32768 MB 11264MB Edge 38 94.4
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Intel Core i7-6950X
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TrueCrypt - Serpent Mean 100MB
min: 1.4 avg: 1.4 (82%) median: 1.4 (82%) max: 1.4 GB/s
i7-6950X Asus X99-E GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 32768 MB 11264MB 1.4
Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz -99%
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AMD Ryzen 5 1600 -54%
Intel Core i7-5960X -49%
Intel Xeon E5-2680 21%
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Intel Xeon E5-2680 21%
TrueCrypt - Twofish Mean 100MB
min: 1.7 avg: 1.7 (100%) median: 1.7 (100%) max: 1.7 GB/s
i7-6950X Asus X99-E GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 32768 MB 11264MB 1.7
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AMD Ryzen 5 1600 -41%
Intel Core i7-5960X -24%
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TrueCrypt - AES Mean 100MB
0% 100%
min: 10.5 avg: 10.5 (100%) median: 10.5 (100%) max: 10.5 GB/s
i7-6950X Asus X99-E GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 32768 MB 11264MB 10.5
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AMD Ryzen 5 1600 -43%
Intel Core i7-5960X -22%
Intel Core i7-6950X
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X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - Pass 2
min: 101 avg: 101 (100%) median: 101 (100%) max: 101 fps
i7-6950X Asus X99-E GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 32768 MB 11264MB 101
Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz -98%
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AMD Ryzen 5 1600 -32%
Intel Core i7-5960X -19%
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X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - Pass 1
min: 196 avg: 196 (85%) median: 196 (85%) max: 196 fps
i7-6950X Asus X99-E GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 32768 MB 11264MB 196
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Intel Core i7-4790K -3%
Intel Core i7-5960X -3%
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WinRAR - Result
min: 8450 avg: 8450 (100%) median: 8450 (100%) max: 8450 KB/s
i7-6950X Asus X99-E GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 32768 MB 11264MB 8450
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Intel Core i7-4790K -35%
Intel Core i7-5960X -17%
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wPrime 2.0x - 1024m
0%
min: 94 avg: 94 (1%) median: 94 (1%) max: 94 seconds
i7-6950X Asus X99-E GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 32768 MB 11264MB 94
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Intel Core i7-6950X
Intel Core i7-5960X 24%
Intel Xeon E5-2680 38%
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 59%
Intel Core i7-980X EE 66%
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VIA C3-M C3-M-1200 8900%
wPrime 2.0x - 32m
0%
min: 3.5 avg: 3.5 (1%) median: 3.5 (1%) max: 3.5 seconds
i7-6950X Asus X99-E GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 32768 MB 11264MB 3.5
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Intel Core i7-6950X
Intel Core i7-5960X 21%
Intel Xeon E5-2680 39%
Intel Core i7-980X EE 46%
Intel Core i7-990X EE 48%
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 49%
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3DMark 11 - Performance Physics 1280x720
0% 100%
min: 16403 avg: 16403 (100%) median: 16403 (100%) max: 16403 points
i7-6950X Asus X99-E GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 32768 MB 11264MB 16403
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AMD Ryzen 5 1600 -32%
Intel Core i7-5960X -7%
Intel Core i7-6950X
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3DMark 06 - CPU -
min: 10658 avg: 10658 (100%) median: 10658 (100%) max: 10658 Points
i7-6950X Asus X99-E GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 32768 MB 11264MB 10658
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Intel Core i7-4790K -13%
Intel Core i7-5960X -7%
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Cinebench R11.5 - CPU Single 64Bit
min: 1.9 avg: 1.9 (28%) median: 1.9 (28%) max: 1.9 Points
i7-6950X Asus X99-E GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 32768 MB 11264MB 1.9
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Intel Core i7-4790 -6%
Intel Core i7-4790K 4%
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Cinebench R11.5 - CPU Multi 64Bit
min: 20 avg: 20 (100%) median: 20 (100%) max: 20 Points
i7-6950X Asus X99-E GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 32768 MB 11264MB 20
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Intel Xeon E5-2680 -40%
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 -37%
Intel Core i7-5960X -25%
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Cinebench R10 - Rendering Single 32Bit
0%
min: 6231 avg: 6231 (84%) median: 6231 (84%) max: 6231 Points
i7-6950X Asus X99-E GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 32768 MB 11264MB 6231
AMD Geode LX 800 -98%
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Intel Core i7-4790 -5%
Intel Core i7-6950X
Intel Core i7-4790K 5%
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Cinebench R10 - Rendering Multiple CPUs 32Bit
0% 100%
min: 40378 avg: 40378 (100%) median: 40378 (100%) max: 40378 Points
i7-6950X Asus X99-E GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 32768 MB 11264MB 40378
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Intel Xeon E5-2680 -34%
Intel Core i7-5960X -16%
Intel Core i7-6950X
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100%min: 9.3 avg: 15 (3%) median: 15 (3%) max: 20.7 Seconds
i7-6950X Asus X99-E GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 32768 MB 11264MB 9.3
i7-6950X Asus X99-E GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 32768 MB 11264MB Turbo Boost 3.0 20.7
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VIA C3-M C3-M-1200 2987%
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M -
0%
min: 20.7 avg: 20.7 (1%) median: 20.7 (1%) max: 20.7 Seconds
i7-6950X Asus X99-E GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 32768 MB 11264MB 20.7
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Intel Core i7-4790K -11%
Intel Core i7-4790 -1%
Intel Core i7-6950X
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Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M -
0%
min: 495 avg: 495 (2%) median: 495 (2%) max: 495 Seconds
i7-6950X Asus X99-E GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 32768 MB 11264MB 495
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Intel Core i7-4790K -9%
Intel Core i7-6950X
Intel Core i7-4790 0%
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VIA C3-M C3-M-1200 4448%
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Other CPUs of the series Intel Core i7 (Desktop) » Intel Core i7 (Desktop) 5960X 3 GHz / 2 MB + 20 MB
» Intel Core i7 (Desktop) 4790K 4 GHz / 1 MB + 8 MB
» Intel Core i7 (Desktop) 4790 3.6 GHz / 1 MB + 8 MB
» Intel Core i7 (Desktop) 4790S 3.2 GHz / 1 MB + 8 MB
» Intel Core i7 (Desktop) 990X EE 3.47 GHz / 1.5 MB + 12 MB
» Intel Core i7 (Desktop) 980X EE 3.33 GHz / 1.5 MB + 12 MB
» Intel Core i7 (Desktop) 960 3.2 GHz / 1 MB + 8 MB
» Intel Core i7 (Desktop) 940 2.93 GHz / 1 MB + 8 MB
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