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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: 64.28
Overall Rank: 480
Last Price Change: $269.99 USD (2023-03-29)
Integer Math | 63,671 MOps/Sec |
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Floating Point Math | 40,788 MOps/Sec |
Find Prime Numbers | 79 Million Primes/Sec |
Random String Sorting | 36 Thousand Strings/Sec |
Data Encryption | 5,009 MBytes/Sec |
Data Compression | 271.0 MBytes/Sec |
Physics | 1,202 Frames/Sec |
Extended Instructions | 17,340 Million Matrices/Sec |
Single Thread | 2,345 MOps/Sec |
Merchant | Price | Purchase |
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Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
---|---|---|
Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,595 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 34,797 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X | 22,679 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,134 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,946 | |
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz | 21,925 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,533 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,797 | |
Intel Core i7-6950X @ 3.00GHz | 17,355 | |
Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz | 14,549 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,200 |
Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
---|---|---|
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 189.33 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 140.76 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X | 136.21 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 116.84 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 85.08 | |
Intel Core i7-6950X @ 3.00GHz | 64.28 | |
Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz | 51.05 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 45.76 | |
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 | 4,206 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 4,059 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,847 | |
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,823 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,724 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,358 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,946 | |
Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz | 2,889 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X | 2,665 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,569 | |
Intel Core i7-6950X @ 3.00GHz | 2,345 |
Baseline | CPU Mark | |
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BL1780126 - Mar 27 2023 | 16821 | |
BL1779153 - Mar 26 2023 [Overclocked] | 20976 | |
BL1779114 - Mar 26 2023 [Overclocked] | 20890 | |
BL1773231 - Mar 19 2023 [Overclocked] | 21744 | |
BL1772979 - Mar 19 2023 [Overclocked] | 21743 |
Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
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Intel Core i7-6950X @ 3.00GHz | 17,355 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750G vs Intel Core i7-6950X | 20,559 (+18.5%) | |
AMD Ryzen 7 4700G vs Intel Core i7-6950X | 20,231 (+16.6%) | |
Intel Core i7-10700K @ 3.80GHz vs Intel Core i7-6950X | 19,088 (+10.0%) | |
AMD Ryzen 7 1800X vs Intel Core i7-6950X | 16,413 (-5.4%) | |
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X vs Intel Core i7-6950X | 15,688 (-9.6%) | |
Intel Core i7-8700K @ 3.70GHz vs Intel Core i7-6950X | 13,759 (-20.7%) | |
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X vs Intel Core i7-6950X | 23,266 (+34.1%) | |
Intel Core i7-11700F @ 2.50GHz vs Intel Core i7-6950X | 21,178 (+22.0%) | |
Intel Core i7-10700KF @ 3.80GHz vs Intel Core i7-6950X | 18,942 (+9.1%) | |
Intel Core i7-9800X @ 3.80GHz vs Intel Core i7-6950X | 18,113 (+4.4%) | |
Intel Core i7-10700F @ 2.90GHz vs Intel Core i7-6950X | 16,928 (-2.5%) | |
AMD Ryzen 7 1700 vs Intel Core i7-6950X | 14,839 (-14.5%) |
Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
---|---|---|
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 9,320 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 8,433 | |
Intel Core i9-13900KS | 8,433 | |
Intel Core i9-13900K | 7,796 | |
Intel Core i9-13900T | 7,708 | |
Intel Core i9-13900KF | 7,589 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D | 7,144 | |
Intel Core i9-13900F | 6,937 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X | 6,760 | |
Intel Core i7-13700K | 6,729 | |
Intel Core i5-13600K | 6,694 | |
Intel Core i7-13700KF | 6,632 | |
Intel Core i7-6950X @ 3.00GHz | 2,499 |