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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i7-9800X 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 i7-9800X is 871 days newer than the more expensive Core i7-6950X.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-6950X
- Consumes up to 15% less energy than Intel Core i7-9800X - 140 vs 165 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i7-9800X
- Performs up to 0% better in Forza Horizon 4 than Core i7-6950X - 310 vs 309 FPS
- Up to 16% cheaper than Core i7-6950X - $545.0 vs $651.07
- Up to 17% better value when playing Forza Horizon 4 than Core i7-6950X - $1.76 vs $2.11 per FPS
Forza Horizon 4
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Intel BX80671I76950X Boxed Core i7-6950X Processor Extreme Edition (25M Cache, up to 3.50 GHz) 3.0 10
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Core i7-9800X
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
FPS
310
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$1.76/FPS
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Price, $
$545
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FPS and Value Winner
Intel Core i7-9800X X-Series Processor 8 Cores up to 4.4GHz Turbo Unlocked LGA2066 X299 Series 165W Processors (999AC3)
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Core i7-6950X
Desktop • May 31st, 2016
Core i7-9800X
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i7-6950X | vs | Intel Core i7-9800X |
|---|---|---|
| May 31st, 2016 | Release Date | Oct 19th, 2018 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Core i7 |
| Broadwell-E | Codename | Skylake |
| Intel Socket 2011-3 | Socket | Intel Socket 2066 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
10 | Cores | 8 |
20 | Threads | 16 |
| 3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.8 GHz |
| 3.5 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.4 GHz |
140 W | TDP | 165 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 30.0x | Multiplier | 38.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
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