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Is the Intel Core i7-6950X @ 3.00GHz Good for Gaming?
This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. But this CPU contains 10 Cores and 20 Threads. Paired with a good videocard, is this CPU Good for Gaming? This CPU should be able to play most games, but may be a bottleneck on newer releases. [More ...]
Description:
Class: Desktop
Socket: LGA2011-v3
Clockspeed: 3.0 GHz
Turbo Speed: 4.0 GHz
Cores: 10 Threads: 20
Typical TDP: 140 W
Cache Size: L1: 512 KB, L2: 2.0 MB, L3: 25 MB
Other names: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6950X CPU @ 3.00GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2016
CPUmark/$Price: 50.37
Overall Rank: 455
Last Price Change: $345.00 USD (2023-01-29)
Integer Math | 63,643 MOps/Sec |
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Floating Point Math | 41,365 MOps/Sec |
Find Prime Numbers | 79 Million Primes/Sec |
Random String Sorting | 36 Thousand Strings/Sec |
Data Encryption | 4,997 MBytes/Sec |
Data Compression | 270.8 MBytes/Sec |
Physics | 1,198 Frames/Sec |
Extended Instructions | 17,318 Million Matrices/Sec |
Single Thread | 2,350 MOps/Sec |
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Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
---|---|---|
Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,578 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 34,751 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X | 22,689 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,164 | |
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz | 21,966 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,933 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,565 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,794 | |
Intel Core i7-6950X @ 3.00GHz | 17,377 | |
Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz | 14,554 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,271 |
Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
---|---|---|
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 187.31 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 131.34 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 99.82 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X | 92.61 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 84.97 | |
Intel Core i7-6950X @ 3.00GHz | 50.37 | |
Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz | 46.06 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 31.20 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz | NA |
Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
---|---|---|
Intel Core i9-12900K | 4,208 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 4,061 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,848 | |
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,827 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,731 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,356 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,948 | |
Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz | 2,891 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X | 2,664 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,568 | |
Intel Core i7-6950X @ 3.00GHz | 2,350 |
Baseline | CPU Mark | |
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BL1732603 - Jan 29 2023 [Overclocked] | 21511 | |
BL1732385 - Jan 29 2023 [Overclocked] | 20967 | |
BL1727969 - Jan 23 2023 | 18187 | |
BL1718410 - Jan 12 2023 | 16456 | |
BL1718306 - Jan 12 2023 [Overclocked] | 19825 |
Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
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Intel Core i7-6950X @ 3.00GHz | 17,377 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X vs Intel Core i7-6950X | 15,686 (-9.7%) | |
Intel Core i9-7900X @ 3.30GHz vs Intel Core i7-6950X | 21,159 (+21.8%) | |
Intel Core i7-10700K @ 3.80GHz vs Intel Core i7-6950X | 19,122 (+10.0%) | |
AMD Ryzen 7 1800X vs Intel Core i7-6950X | 16,406 (-5.6%) | |
Intel Core i7-8700K @ 3.70GHz vs Intel Core i7-6950X | 13,760 (-20.8%) | |
Intel Core i9-10900F @ 2.80GHz vs Intel Core i7-6950X | 20,544 (+18.2%) | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT vs Intel Core i7-6950X | 18,710 (+7.7%) | |
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X vs Intel Core i7-6950X | 17,597 (+1.3%) | |
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X vs Intel Core i7-6950X | 23,274 (+33.9%) | |
Intel Core i7-11700F @ 2.50GHz vs Intel Core i7-6950X | 21,193 (+22.0%) | |
Intel Core i7-9800X @ 3.80GHz vs Intel Core i7-6950X | 18,138 (+4.4%) | |
Intel Core i9-9900 @ 3.10GHz vs Intel Core i7-6950X | 16,766 (-3.5%) |
Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
---|---|---|
Intel Core i9-13900T | 8,921 | |
Intel Core i9-13900KS | 8,696 | |
Intel Core i9-13900F | 8,178 | |
Intel Core i9-13900K | 7,790 | |
Intel Core i9-13900KF | 7,547 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D | 7,103 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X | 6,697 | |
Intel Core i7-13700K | 6,677 | |
Intel Core i5-13600K | 6,640 | |
Intel Core i5-13600KF | 6,533 | |
Intel Core i7-13700F | 6,506 | |
Intel Core i9-12900KS | 6,436 | |
Intel Core i7-6950X @ 3.00GHz | 2,496 |