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Intel Core i7-950 vs Intel Core i7-6950X

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 53 %
Intel Core i7-950
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i7-6950X
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 24 %
Intel Core i7-950
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i7-6950X
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i7-950
4C / 8T · 3.33 GHz
590
Intel Core i7-6950X
10C / 20T · 3.50 GHz
1,237
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i7-950
4C / 8T · 3.06 GHz
1,965
Intel Core i7-6950X
10C / 20T · 3.50 GHz
7,421
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Core i7-950
4C / 8T · 3.33 GHz
569
Intel Core i7-6950X
10C / 20T · 3.50 GHz
974
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i7-950
4C / 8T · 3.06 GHz
2,313
Intel Core i7-6950X
10C / 20T · 3.50 GHz
8,993
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i7-950
4C / 8T · 3.06 GHz
1,442
Intel Core i7-6950X
10C / 20T · 3.00 GHz
5,950

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At a glance

Wischen
Intel Core i7-950Intel Core i7-6950X
FamilyIntel Core i7 (300)Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition (24)
CPU groupIntel Core i7 900 (7)Intel Core i 6000X (1)
ArchitectureBloomfieldBroadwell E
Technology45 nm14 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketLGA 1366LGA 2011-3
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i7-950Intel Core i7-6950X
CPU Cores / Threads4 / 810 / 20
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 4x 10x
Frequency: 3.06 GHz 3.00 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 3.33 GHz 3.50 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 3.50 GHz
L2-Cache1.00 MB
L3-Cache8.00 MB25.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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GPU nameno iGPUno iGPU
GPU frequency
CUs / Shader / /
Raytracing
Max. displays
Max. GPU Memory
Technology
Release date

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core i7-950Intel Core i7-6950X
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i7-950Intel Core i7-6950X
MemoryDDR3-1066 (25.6 GB/s)
DDR4-2400 (76.8 GB/s)
Max. Memory24 GB128 GB
Memory channels34
ECCNoNo
PCIe3.0 x 40
PCIe Bandwidth39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i7-950Intel Core i7-6950X
TDP130 W140 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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Intel Core i7-950Intel Core i7-6950X
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release dateQ2/2009Q2/2016
Release price305 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i7-950
Intel Core i7-950
4C / 8T · 3.06 - 3.33 GHz
Intel Core i7-6950X
Intel Core i7-6950X
10C / 20T · 3.00 - 3.50 GHz

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