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Key Differences
In short — Core i7-6950X outperforms the cheaper Core i3-4150 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Core i3-4150 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i7-6950X is 761 days newer than the cheaper Core i3-4150.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-6950X
- Performs up to 3% better in Minecraft than Core i3-4150 - 689 vs 666 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i3-4150 - 20 vs 4 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i3-4150
- Up to 93% cheaper than Core i7-6950X - $48.0 vs $651.07
- Up to 93% better value when playing Minecraft than Core i7-6950X - $0.07 vs $0.94 per FPS
- Consumes up to 61% less energy than Intel Core i7-6950X - 54 vs 140 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i7-6950X doesn't have integrated graphics
Minecraft
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Core i7-6950X
Desktop • May 31st, 2016
FPS
689
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.94/FPS
7.446808510638299%
Price, $
$651.07
7%
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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Core i3-4150
Desktop • May 1st, 2014
FPS
666
96.66182873730044%
Value, $/FPS
$0.07/FPS
100%
Price, $
$48
100%
Value Winner
Intel Core i3-4150 Processor (3M Cache, 3.50 GHz) BX80646I34150
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In Stock
Updated 362960 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Core i7-6950X
Desktop • May 31st, 2016
Core i3-4150
Desktop • May 1st, 2014
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i3-4150
Desktop • May 1st, 2014
Single-Core
1041
80.3861003861004%
Multi-Core
2047
24.233455664733043%
Intel Core i7-6950X | vs | Intel Core i3-4150 |
|---|---|---|
May 31st, 2016 | Release Date | May 1st, 2014 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Core i3 |
| Broadwell-E | Codename | Haswell |
| Intel Socket 2011-3 | Socket | Intel Socket 1150 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
10 | Cores | 2 |
20 | Threads | 4 |
| 3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.5 GHz |
| 3.5 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 140 W | TDP | 54 W |
14 nm | Process Size | 22 nm |
30.0x | Multiplier | 25.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | Intel HD 4400 |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
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