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Core i7-6950X vs Ryzen 9 5950X

Core i7-6950X vs Ryzen 9 5950X: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Ryzen 9 5950X outperforms Core i7-6950X on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 9 5950X is 1619 days newer than Core i7-6950X.

Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

  • Performs up to 5% better in Battlefield 1 than Core i7-6950X - 253 vs 241 FPS
  • Consumes up to 25% less energy than Intel Core i7-6950X - 105 vs 140 Watts
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-6950X - 32 vs 20 threads
This is a free version of Battlefield 1.
Battlefield 1

Battlefield 1

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Core i7-6950X Logo
Core i7-6950X

Desktop • May 31st, 2016


FPS

241

95.25691699604744%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Logo
Ryzen 9 5950X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020


FPS

253

100%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

£272

100%

FPS Winner

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Processor (16C/32T, 72MB Cache, Up to 4.9 GHz Max Boost)

Buy for £272 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 75763 minutes ago

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Core i7-6950X Logo
Core i7-6950X

Desktop • May 31st, 2016

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Logo
Ryzen 9 5950X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i7-6950X Logo
Core i7-6950X

Desktop • May 31st, 2016


Single-Core

1295

59.15943353129283%

Multi-Core

8447

69.47117361625133%

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Logo
Ryzen 9 5950X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020


Single-Core

2189

100%

Multi-Core

12159

100%

Intel Core i7-6950X Logo

Intel Core i7-6950X

vs
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Logo

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

May 31st, 2016Release Date
Nov 5th, 2020
Core i7CollectionRyzen 9
Broadwell-ECodenameVermeer
Intel Socket 2011-3SocketAMD Socket AM4
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
10Cores
16
20Threads
32
3.0 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.4 GHz
3.5 GHzTurbo Clock Speed
4.9 GHz
140 WTDP
105 W
14 nmProcess Size
7 nm
30.0xMultiplier
34.0x
NoneIntegrated GraphicsNone
YesOverclockableYes

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