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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i9-14900F outperforms the cheaper Core i7-6950X on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i9-14900F is 2778 days newer than the cheaper Core i7-6950X.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-6950X
- Up to 6% cheaper than Core i9-14900F - $499.0 vs $529.99
Advantages of Intel Core i9-14900F
- Performs up to 61% better in Far Cry 3 than Core i7-6950X - 224 vs 139 FPS
- Up to 34% better value when playing Far Cry 3 than Core i7-6950X - $2.37 vs $3.59 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-6950X - 32 vs 20 threads
Far Cry 3
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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Core i9-14900F
Desktop • Jan 8th, 2024
FPS
224
100%
Value, $/FPS
$2.37/FPS
100%
Price, $
$529.99
94%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel Core i9-14900F Desktop Processor 24 cores (8 P-cores + 16 E-cores) up to 5.8 GHz
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i7-6950X
Desktop • May 31st, 2016
Core i9-14900F
Desktop • Jan 8th, 2024
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i7-6950X | vs | Intel Core i9-14900F |
|---|---|---|
| May 31st, 2016 | Release Date | Jan 8th, 2024 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Core i9 |
| Broadwell-E | Codename | Raptor Lake |
| Intel Socket 2011-3 | Socket | Intel Socket 1700 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 10 | Cores | 24 |
| 20 | Threads | 32 |
3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.0 GHz |
| 3.5 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.8 GHz |
| 140 W | TDP | Not Available |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
30.0x | Multiplier | 20.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i7-6950X or Core i9-14900F
Far Cry 3, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
211 FPS
$11.37/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
Core i9-14900F
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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217 FPS
$10.14/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
Core i9-14900F
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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$2,199.99
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222 FPS
$22.11/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
Core i9-14900F
16 GB, 8 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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$4,909
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222 FPS
$13.28/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
Core i9-14900F
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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$2,949
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222 FPS
$13.28/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
Core i9-14900F
64 GB, N/A Storage
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$2,949
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222 FPS
$13.73/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
Core i9-14900F
64 GB, 2 TB SSD
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$3,049
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222 FPS
$13.96/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
Core i9-14900F
64 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$3,099
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222 FPS
$12.83/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
Core i9-14900F
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$2,849
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