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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 7 3800XT outperforms the more expensive Core i7-6950X on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Ryzen 7 3800XT is 1498 days newer than the more expensive Core i7-6950X.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT
- Performs up to 71% better in Cities: Skylines II than Core i7-6950X - 41 vs 24 FPS
- Up to 38% cheaper than Core i7-6950X - $406.45 vs $651.07
- Up to 63% better value when playing Cities: Skylines II than Core i7-6950X - $9.91 vs $27.13 per FPS
- Consumes up to 25% less energy than Intel Core i7-6950X - 105 vs 140 Watts
Cities: Skylines II
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Core i7-6950X
Desktop • May 31st, 2016
FPS
24
58.536585365853654%
Value, $/FPS
$27.13/FPS
36.527828971618135%
Price, $
$651.07
62%
Intel BX80671I76950X Boxed Core i7-6950X Processor Extreme Edition (25M Cache, up to 3.50 GHz) 3.0 10
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Ryzen 7 3800XT
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2020
FPS
41
100%
Value, $/FPS
$9.91/FPS
100%
Price, $
$406.45
100%
FPS and Value Winner
AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT 8-core, 16-Threads Unlocked Desktop Processor
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Core i7-6950X
Desktop • May 31st, 2016
Ryzen 7 3800XT
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2020
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i7-6950X
Desktop • May 31st, 2016
Single-Core
1295
73.6632536973834%
Multi-Core
8447
99.59910387925952%
Intel Core i7-6950X | vs | AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT |
|---|---|---|
| May 31st, 2016 | Release Date | Jul 7th, 2020 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Ryzen 7 |
| Broadwell-E | Codename | Matisse |
| Intel Socket 2011-3 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
10 | Cores | 8 |
20 | Threads | 16 |
| 3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.9 GHz |
| 3.5 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.7 GHz |
| 140 W | TDP | 105 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
| 30.0x | Multiplier | 38.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
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