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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-11400F outperforms the more expensive Core i7-6950X on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-11400F is 1750 days newer than the more expensive Core i7-6950X.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-6950X
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-11400F - 20 vs 12 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i5-11400F
- Performs up to 17% better in Dead Island 2 than Core i7-6950X - 175 vs 149 FPS
- Up to 83% cheaper than Core i7-6950X - $113.0 vs $651.07
- Up to 85% better value when playing Dead Island 2 than Core i7-6950X - $0.65 vs $4.37 per FPS
- Consumes up to 54% less energy than Intel Core i7-6950X - 65 vs 140 Watts
Dead Island 2
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i7-6950X
Desktop • May 31st, 2016
FPS
149
85.14285714285714%
Value, $/FPS
$4.37/FPS
14.874141876430205%
Price, $
$651.07
17%
Intel BX80671I76950X Boxed Core i7-6950X Processor Extreme Edition (25M Cache, up to 3.50 GHz) 3.0 10
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Core i5-11400F
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
175
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.65/FPS
100%
Price, $
$113
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-11400F Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.4 GHz LGA1200 (Intel® 500 Series & Select 400 Series Chipset) 65W
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i7-6950X
Desktop • May 31st, 2016
Core i5-11400F
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i7-6950X | vs | Intel Core i5-11400F |
|---|---|---|
| May 31st, 2016 | Release Date | Mar 16th, 2021 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Broadwell-E | Codename | Rocket Lake |
| Intel Socket 2011-3 | Socket | Intel Socket 1200 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
10 | Cores | 6 |
20 | Threads | 12 |
3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.6 GHz |
| 3.5 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.4 GHz |
| 140 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
30.0x | Multiplier | 26.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i7-6950X or Core i5-11400F
Dead Island 2, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
63 FPS
$15.86/FPS
Radeon RX 6600
Core i5-11400F
16 GB, N/A Storage
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$999
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59 FPS
$19.1/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060
Core i5-11400F
8 GB, 500 GB SSD
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50 FPS
$15.98/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
Core i5-11400F
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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49 FPS
$23.18/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-11400F
8 GB, N/A Storage
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$1,135.88
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28 FPS
$20.55/FPS
GeForce GTX 1650
Core i5-11400F
4 GB, N/A Storage
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$575.4
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49 FPS
$17.5/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-11400F
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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49 FPS
$18.58/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-11400F
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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67 FPS
$13.16/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-11400F
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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28 FPS
$23.6/FPS
GeForce GTX 1650
Core i5-11400F
8 GB, 512 GB SSD
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67 FPS
$13.43/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-11400F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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