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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 9 5950X 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 9 5950X is 1619 days newer than the more expensive Core i7-6950X.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
- Performs up to 8% better in God of War than Core i7-6950X - 186 vs 173 FPS
- Up to 26% cheaper than Core i7-6950X - $369.0 vs $499.0
- Up to 31% better value when playing God of War than Core i7-6950X - $1.98 vs $2.88 per 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
God of War
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 9 5950X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
FPS
186
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.98/FPS
100%
Price, $
$369
100%
FPS and Value Winner
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-core, 32-thread unlocked desktop processor
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i7-6950X
Desktop • May 31st, 2016
Ryzen 9 5950X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i7-6950X | vs | AMD Ryzen 9 5950X |
|---|---|---|
| May 31st, 2016 | Release Date | Nov 5th, 2020 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Ryzen 9 |
| Broadwell-E | Codename | Vermeer |
| Intel Socket 2011-3 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 10 | Cores | 16 |
| 20 | Threads | 32 |
| 3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.4 GHz |
| 3.5 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.9 GHz |
| 140 W | TDP | 105 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
| 30.0x | Multiplier | 34.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Core i7-6950X or Ryzen 9 5950X
God of War, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
186 FPS
$19.35/FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
Ryzen 9 5950X
32 GB, N/A Storage
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$3,599.99
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88 FPS
$17.05/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Ryzen 9 5950X
32 GB, 512 GB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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$1,499.99
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72 FPS
$15.28/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Ryzen 9 5950X
32 GB, N/A Storage
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$1,099.99
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156 FPS
$15.38/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080
Ryzen 9 5950X
32 GB, 2 TB HDD
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$2,399.99
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133 FPS
$16.17/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
Ryzen 9 5950X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 3 TB HDD
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$2,149.99
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109 FPS
$14.22/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
Ryzen 9 5950X
32 GB, 512 GB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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$1,549.99
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78 FPS
$18.85/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Ryzen 9 5950X
32 GB, 512 GB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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$1,469.99
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114 FPS
$15.16/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
Ryzen 9 5950X
12 GB, N/A Storage
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$1,728.4
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109 FPS
$15.14/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
Ryzen 9 5950X
32 GB, 2 TB HDD
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$1,649.99
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120 FPS
$47.48/FPS
GeForce RTX 3090
Ryzen 9 5950X
32 GB, N/A Storage
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$5,698
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