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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 i9-9900KF
- Performs up to 2% better in Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order than Core i7-6950X - 220 vs 216 FPS
- Up to 45% cheaper than Core i7-6950X - $359.0 vs $651.07
- Up to 46% better value when playing Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order than Core i7-6950X - $1.63 vs $3.01 per FPS
- Consumes up to 32% less energy than Intel Core i7-6950X - 95 vs 140 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i7-6950X
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i9-9900KF - 20 vs 16 threads
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Epic
Core i9-9900KF
Desktop • Jan 8th, 2019
FPS
220
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.63/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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Core i7-6950X
Desktop • May 31st, 2016
FPS
216
98.18181818181819%
Value, $/FPS
$3.01/FPS
54.15282392026578%
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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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Epic
Core i9-9900KF
Desktop • Jan 8th, 2019
Core i7-6950X
Desktop • May 31st, 2016
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i9-9900KF | vs | Intel Core i7-6950X |
|---|---|---|
Jan 8th, 2019 | Release Date | May 31st, 2016 |
| Core i9 | Collection | Core i7 |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Broadwell-E |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 2011-3 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 8 | Cores | 10 |
| 16 | Threads | 20 |
3.6 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.0 GHz |
5.0 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 3.5 GHz |
95 W | TDP | 140 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
36.0x | Multiplier | 30.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Core i9-9900KF or Core i7-6950X
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, 1920 x 1080, Epic
102 FPS
$16.66/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Core i9-9900KF
32 GB, 960 GB SSD + 4 TB HDD
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