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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i9-9900KF 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 i9-9900KF is 952 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 i9-9900KF - 20 vs 16 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i9-9900KF
- Performs up to 58% better in Cities: Skylines II than Core i7-6950X - 38 vs 24 FPS
- Up to 45% cheaper than Core i7-6950X - $359.0 vs $651.07
- Up to 65% better value when playing Cities: Skylines II than Core i7-6950X - $9.45 vs $27.13 per FPS
- Consumes up to 32% less energy than Intel Core i7-6950X - 95 vs 140 Watts
Cities: Skylines II
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Core i7-6950X
Desktop • May 31st, 2016
FPS
24
63.1578947368421%
Value, $/FPS
$27.13/FPS
34.83228897899004%
Price, $
$651.07
55%
Intel BX80671I76950X Boxed Core i7-6950X Processor Extreme Edition (25M Cache, up to 3.50 GHz) 3.0 10
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Core i9-9900KF
Desktop • Jan 8th, 2019
FPS
38
100%
Value, $/FPS
$9.45/FPS
100%
Price, $
$359
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel BX80684I99900KF Intel Core i9-9900KF Desktop Processor 8 Cores up to 5.0 GHz Turbo Unlocked Without Processor Graphics LGA1151 300 Series 95W
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Core i7-6950X
Desktop • May 31st, 2016
Core i9-9900KF
Desktop • Jan 8th, 2019
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i7-6950X | vs | Intel Core i9-9900KF |
|---|---|---|
| May 31st, 2016 | Release Date | Jan 8th, 2019 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Core i9 |
| Broadwell-E | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| Intel Socket 2011-3 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
10 | Cores | 8 |
20 | Threads | 16 |
| 3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.6 GHz |
| 3.5 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.0 GHz |
| 140 W | TDP | 95 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 30.0x | Multiplier | 36.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Core i7-6950X or Core i9-9900KF
Cities: Skylines II, 1920 x 1080, High
1 FPS
$1698.99/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Core i9-9900KF
32 GB, 960 GB SSD + 4 TB HDD
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