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Core i5-6600K vs Core i7-950

Core i5-6600K vs Core i7-950: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Core i5-6600K outperforms Core i7-950 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i5-6600K is 2221 days newer than Core i7-950.

Advantages of Intel Core i5-6600K

  • Performs up to 18% better in Far Cry 3 than Core i7-950 - 143 vs 121 FPS
  • Consumes up to 30% less energy than Intel Core i7-950 - 91 vs 130 Watts

Advantages of Intel Core i7-950

  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-6600K - 8 vs 4 threads
This is a free version of Far Cry 3.
Far Cry 3

Far Cry 3

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Core i5-6600K Logo
Core i5-6600K

Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015


FPS

143

100%

Value, $/FPS

Price, $

FPS Winner

Intel Core i7-950 Logo
Core i7-950

Desktop • Jun 2nd, 2009


FPS

121

84%

Value, $/FPS

$0.83/FPS

100%

Price, $

$100

100%

Value Winner

Intel Core i7-950 3.06 GHz 8 MB Cache Socket LGA1366 Processor

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In Stock

Updated 64 minutes ago

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Core i5-6600K Logo
Core i5-6600K

Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015

Intel Core i7-950 Logo
Core i7-950

Desktop • Jun 2nd, 2009

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i5-6600K Logo
Core i5-6600K

Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015


Single-Core

1419

100%

Multi-Core

4012

100%

Intel Core i7-950 Logo
Core i7-950

Desktop • Jun 2nd, 2009


Single-Core

463

32%

Multi-Core

1569

39%

Intel Core i5-6600K Logo

Intel Core i5-6600K

vs
Intel Core i7-950 Logo

Intel Core i7-950

Jul 2nd, 2015
Release DateJun 2nd, 2009
Core i5CollectionCore i7
SkylakeCodenameBloomfield
Intel Socket 1151SocketIntel Socket 1366
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
4Cores4
4Threads
8
3.5 GHz
Base Clock Speed3.1 GHz
3.9 GHz
Turbo Clock Speed3.3 GHz
91 W
TDP130 W
14 nm
Process Size45 nm
35.0x
Multiplier23.0x
NoneIntegrated GraphicsNone
Yes
OverclockableNo

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