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Intel Core i7-6950X vs Google Tensor

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 88 %
Intel Core i7-6950X
Rank 1 - 100 %
Google Tensor
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i7-6950X
Rank 2 - 41 %
Google Tensor
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i7-6950X
10C / 20T · 3.50 GHz
1,237
Google Tensor
8C / 8T · 2.80 GHz
1,494
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i7-6950X
10C / 20T · 3.50 GHz
7,421
Google Tensor
8C / 8T · 2.80 GHz
3,639
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i7-6950X
10C / 20T · 3.50 GHz
974
Google Tensor
8C / 8T · 2.80 GHz
1,043
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i7-6950X
10C / 20T · 3.50 GHz
8,993
Google Tensor
8C / 8T · 2.80 GHz
2,915

More benchmarks

At a glance

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Intel Core i7-6950XGoogle Tensor
FamilyIntel Core i7 Extreme Edition (24)Google Tensor (5)
CPU groupIntel Core i 6000X (1)Google Tensor (1)
ArchitectureBroadwell EG1
Technology14 nm5 nm
SegmentDesktopSmartphone / Tablet
SocketLGA 2011-3
Predecessor
SuccessorGoogle Tensor G2

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i7-6950XGoogle Tensor
CPU Cores / Threads10 / 208 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalhybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 10x
3.00 - 3.50 GHz
2x Cortex-X1
2.80 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 2x Cortex-A76
2.25 GHz
Core Cluster 3: 4x Cortex-A55
1.80 GHz
L2-Cache8.00 MB
L3-Cache25.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i7-6950XGoogle Tensor
GPU nameno iGPUARM Mali-G78 MP20
GPU frequency0.76 GHz
CUs / Shader / 20 / 320
Raytracing
Max. displays1
Max. GPU Memory
Technology5 nm
Release dateQ4/2021

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core i7-6950XGoogle Tensor
AI hardwareGoogle Tensor AI
AI specificationsGoogle Edge TPU @ 1.6 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i7-6950XGoogle Tensor
MemoryDDR4-2400 (76.8 GB/s)
LPDDR5-5500 (53.0 GB/s)
Max. Memory128 GB12 GB
Memory channels42
ECCNoNo
PCIe3.0 x 40
PCIe Bandwidth39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i7-6950XGoogle Tensor
TDP140 W10 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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Intel Core i7-6950XGoogle Tensor
Chip designMonolithicUnknown
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxAndroid
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release dateQ2/2016Q4/2021
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i7-6950X
Intel Core i7-6950X
10C / 20T · 3.00 - 3.50 GHz
Google Tensor
Google Tensor
8C / 8T · 2.80 GHz

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