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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i3-12100F 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 i3-12100F is 2065 days newer than the more expensive Core i7-6950X.
Advantages of Core i7-6950X
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i3-12100F - 20 vs 8 threads
Advantages of Core i3-12100F
- Performs up to 11% better in Assassin's Creed Odyssey than Core i7-6950X - 144 vs 130 FPS
- Up to 87% cheaper than Core i7-6950X - $76.80 vs $588.88
- Up to 88% better value when playing Assassin's Creed Odyssey than Core i7-6950X - $0.53 vs $4.53 per FPS
- Consumes up to 59% less energy than Intel Core i7-6950X - 58 vs 140 Watts
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra High
Intel BX80671I76950X Boxed Core i7-6950X Processor Extreme Edition (25M Cache, up to 3.50 GHz) 3.0 10
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Core i3-12100F
Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022
FPS
144
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.53/FPS
100%
Price, $
$76.8
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ 12th Gen i3-12100F desktop processor, featuring PCIe Gen 5.0 & 4.0 support, DDR5 and DDR4 support. Discrete graphics required.
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With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra High
Core i7-6950X
Desktop • May 31st, 2016
Core i3-12100F
Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i7-6950X | vs | Core i3-12100F |
|---|---|---|
| May 31st, 2016 | Release Date | Jan 25th, 2022 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Core i3 |
| Broadwell-E | Codename | Alder Lake |
| Intel Socket 2011-3 | Socket | Intel Socket 1700 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
10 | Cores | 4 |
20 | Threads | 8 |
| 3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.3 GHz |
| 3.5 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.3 GHz |
| 140 W | TDP | 58 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
| 30.0x | Multiplier | 33.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
PC Builds Using Core i7-6950X or Core i3-12100F
With selected game settings
53 FPS
$15.09/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i3-12100F
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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