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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i7-6950X outperforms the more expensive Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i7-6950X is 804 days older than the more expensive Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-6950X
- Performs up to 2% better in Total War: WARHAMMER III than Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX - 172 vs 169 FPS
- Up to 62% cheaper than Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX - $651.07 vs $1700.0
- Up to 62% better value when playing Total War: WARHAMMER III than Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX - $3.79 vs $10.06 per FPS
- Consumes up to 44% less energy than AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX - 140 vs 250 Watts
Advantages of AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-6950X - 64 vs 20 threads
Total War: WARHAMMER III
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i7-6950X
Desktop • May 31st, 2016
FPS
172
100%
Value, $/FPS
$3.79/FPS
100%
Price, $
$651.07
100%
FPS and Value 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 Threadripper 2990WX
Desktop • Aug 13th, 2018
FPS
169
98.25581395348837%
Value, $/FPS
$10.06/FPS
37.67395626242545%
Price, $
$1700
38%
AMD YD299XAZAFWOF Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX Processor
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In Stock
Updated 351869 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i7-6950X
Desktop • May 31st, 2016
Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX
Desktop • Aug 13th, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX
Desktop • Aug 13th, 2018
Single-Core
1180
91.11969111969111%
Multi-Core
7221
85.48597135077543%
Intel Core i7-6950X | vs | AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX |
|---|---|---|
| May 31st, 2016 | Release Date | Aug 13th, 2018 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Ryzen Threadripper |
| Broadwell-E | Codename | Colfax |
| Intel Socket 2011-3 | Socket | AMD Socket SP3r2 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 10 | Cores | 32 |
| 20 | Threads | 64 |
| 3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.0 GHz |
| 3.5 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.2 GHz |
140 W | TDP | 250 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 12 nm |
| 30.0x | Multiplier | 30.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
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