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Key Differences
In short — Core i7-6950X outperforms the cheaper FX-8150 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing FX-8150 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i7-6950X is 1693 days newer than the cheaper FX-8150.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-6950X
- Performs up to 6% better in Rocket League than FX-8150 - 711 vs 672 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD FX-8150 - 20 vs 8 threads
Advantages of AMD FX-8150
- Up to 90% cheaper than Core i7-6950X - $64.03 vs $651.07
- Up to 89% better value when playing Rocket League than Core i7-6950X - $0.1 vs $0.92 per FPS
- Consumes up to 11% less energy than Intel Core i7-6950X - 125 vs 140 Watts
Rocket League
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High Quality
Core i7-6950X
Desktop • May 31st, 2016
FPS
711
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.92/FPS
10.869565217391305%
Price, $
$651.07
9%
FPS Winner
Intel BX80671I76950X Boxed Core i7-6950X Processor Extreme Edition (25M Cache, up to 3.50 GHz) 3.0 10
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FX-8150
Desktop • Oct 12th, 2011
FPS
672
94.51476793248945%
Value, $/FPS
$0.1/FPS
100%
Price, $
$64.03
100%
Value Winner
AMD FX-Series FX-8150 CPU Used 8-Core 8-Thread Desktop Processor 3.6 GHz 8M 125W Socket AM3+
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Updated 363254 minutes ago
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Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High Quality
Core i7-6950X
Desktop • May 31st, 2016
FX-8150
Desktop • Oct 12th, 2011
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i7-6950X | vs | AMD FX-8150 |
|---|---|---|
May 31st, 2016 | Release Date | Oct 12th, 2011 |
| Core i7 | Collection | FX |
| Broadwell-E | Codename | Zambezi |
| Intel Socket 2011-3 | Socket | AMD Socket AM3+ |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
10 | Cores | 8 |
20 | Threads | 8 |
| 3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.6 GHz |
| 3.5 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 3.9 GHz |
| 140 W | TDP | 125 W |
14 nm | Process Size | 32 nm |
30.0x | Multiplier | 18.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
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