Intel Core i7-5930K vs Intel Core i7-6950X

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$ 589.95
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$ 758.40

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3870 points
5504 points
42% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5431 points
6279 points
15% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3361 points
5261 points
56% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3246 points
5214 points
60% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6034 points
6073 points
0.65% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

98.86 points
185.36 points
87% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5398 points
7553 points
39% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1136 points
1192 points
4% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5677 points
8892 points
56% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1222 points
1370 points
12% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
10
66% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
20
66% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz
16% slightly higher clock speed
3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz
5% slightly higher turbo speed
3.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

140 W
Identical
140 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

40
Identical
40

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

4
Identical
4

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
128 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

464th of 1,114
306th of 1,114

Family

The product line

Core X-series
Core X-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 August
2016 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1600
DDR4-2400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

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