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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 5 3600X outperforms the more expensive Core i7-6950X on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Ryzen 5 3600X is 1132 days newer than the more expensive Core i7-6950X.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-6950X
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 5 3600X - 20 vs 12 threads
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
- Performs up to 3% better in Hogwarts Legacy than Core i7-6950X - 89 vs 86 FPS
- Up to 58% cheaper than Core i7-6950X - $210.0 vs $499.0
- Up to 59% better value when playing Hogwarts Legacy than Core i7-6950X - $2.36 vs $5.8 per FPS
- Consumes up to 32% less energy than Intel Core i7-6950X - 95 vs 140 Watts
Hogwarts Legacy
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Intel BX80671I76950X Boxed Core i7-6950X Processor Extreme Edition (25M Cache, up to 3.50 GHz) 3.0 10
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Ryzen 5 3600X
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
FPS
89
100%
Value, $/FPS
$2.36/FPS
100%
Price, $
$210
100%
FPS and Value Winner
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6-Core, 12-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor with Wraith Spire Cooler
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i7-6950X
Desktop • May 31st, 2016
Ryzen 5 3600X
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i7-6950X | vs | AMD Ryzen 5 3600X |
|---|---|---|
| May 31st, 2016 | Release Date | Jul 7th, 2019 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Ryzen 5 |
| Broadwell-E | Codename | Matisse |
| Intel Socket 2011-3 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
10 | Cores | 6 |
20 | Threads | 12 |
| 3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.8 GHz |
| 3.5 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.4 GHz |
| 140 W | TDP | 95 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
| 30.0x | Multiplier | 38.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Core i7-6950X or Ryzen 5 3600X
Hogwarts Legacy, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
38 FPS
$29.61/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060
Ryzen 5 3600X
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,124.99
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32 FPS
$39.03/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Ryzen 5 3600X
8 GB, 256 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$1,249
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21 FPS
$95.19/FPS
GeForce GTX 1650
Ryzen 5 3600X
8 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$1,999
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