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Key Differences
In short — Core i7-6950X outperforms the cheaper Ryzen 5 1500X on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Ryzen 5 1500X is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i7-6950X is 315 days older than the cheaper Ryzen 5 1500X.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-6950X
- Performs up to 2% better in No Man's Sky than Ryzen 5 1500X - 173 vs 169 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 5 1500X - 20 vs 8 threads
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
- Up to 89% cheaper than Core i7-6950X - $71.75 vs $651.07
- Up to 89% better value when playing No Man's Sky than Core i7-6950X - $0.42 vs $3.76 per FPS
- Consumes up to 54% less energy than Intel Core i7-6950X - 65 vs 140 Watts
No Man's Sky
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i7-6950X
Desktop • May 31st, 2016
FPS
173
100%
Value, $/FPS
$3.76/FPS
11.170212765957448%
Price, $
$651.07
11%
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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Ryzen 5 1500X
Desktop • Apr 11th, 2017
FPS
169
97.6878612716763%
Value, $/FPS
$0.42/FPS
100%
Price, $
$71.75
100%
Value Winner
AMD Ryzen 5 1500X CPU Used 4-Core 8-Thread Desktop Processor 3.5 GHz 16M 65W Socket AM4
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i7-6950X
Desktop • May 31st, 2016
Ryzen 5 1500X
Desktop • Apr 11th, 2017
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Ryzen 5 1500X
Desktop • Apr 11th, 2017
Single-Core
1104
85.25096525096525%
Multi-Core
3644
43.139576180892625%
Intel Core i7-6950X | vs | AMD Ryzen 5 1500X |
|---|---|---|
| May 31st, 2016 | Release Date | Apr 11th, 2017 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Ryzen 5 |
| Broadwell-E | Codename | Summit Ridge |
| Intel Socket 2011-3 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
10 | Cores | 4 |
20 | Threads | 8 |
| 3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.5 GHz |
| 3.5 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 3.7 GHz |
| 140 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 30.0x | Multiplier | 35.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
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