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Key Differences
In short — Core i7-6950X outperforms the cheaper Pentium G3250 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Pentium G3250 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i7-6950X is 680 days newer than the cheaper Pentium G3250.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-6950X
- Performs up to 5% better in God of War than Pentium G3250 - 173 vs 164 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G3250 - 20 vs 2 threads
Advantages of Intel Pentium G3250
- Up to 91% cheaper than Core i7-6950X - $61.0 vs $651.07
- Up to 90% better value when playing God of War than Core i7-6950X - $0.37 vs $3.76 per FPS
- Consumes up to 62% less energy than Intel Core i7-6950X - 53 vs 140 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i7-6950X doesn't have integrated graphics
God of War
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i7-6950X
Desktop • May 31st, 2016
FPS
173
100%
Value, $/FPS
$3.76/FPS
9.840425531914894%
Price, $
$651.07
9%
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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Pentium G3250
Desktop • Jul 21st, 2014
FPS
164
94.79768786127167%
Value, $/FPS
$0.37/FPS
100%
Price, $
$61
100%
Value Winner
Intel Pentium Processor G3250 (3.20 GHz 32 GB, FCLGA1.150) BX80646G3250
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In Stock
Updated 363137 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i7-6950X
Desktop • May 31st, 2016
Pentium G3250
Desktop • Jul 21st, 2014
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Pentium G3250
Desktop • Jul 21st, 2014
Single-Core
576
44.478764478764475%
Multi-Core
981
11.613590623890138%
Intel Core i7-6950X | vs | Intel Pentium G3250 |
|---|---|---|
May 31st, 2016 | Release Date | Jul 21st, 2014 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Pentium |
| Broadwell-E | Codename | Haswell |
| Intel Socket 2011-3 | Socket | Intel Socket 1150 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
10 | Cores | 2 |
20 | Threads | 2 |
| 3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.2 GHz |
| 3.5 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 140 W | TDP | 53 W |
14 nm | Process Size | 22 nm |
| 30.0x | Multiplier | 32.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | Intel HD (Haswell) |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
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