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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i9-7900X 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 i9-7900X is 391 days newer than the more expensive Core i7-6950X.
Advantages of Intel Core i9-7900X
- Performs up to 1% better in Forza Horizon 4 than Core i7-6950X - 311 vs 309 FPS
- Up to 17% cheaper than Core i7-6950X - $412.83 vs $499.0
- Up to 17% better value when playing Forza Horizon 4 than Core i7-6950X - $1.33 vs $1.61 per FPS
Forza Horizon 4
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Intel BX80671I76950X Boxed Core i7-6950X Processor Extreme Edition (25M Cache, up to 3.50 GHz) 3.0 10
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Core i9-7900X
Desktop • Jun 26th, 2017
FPS
311
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.33/FPS
100%
Price, $
$412.83
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FPS and Value Winner
Intel Core i9-7900X X-Series Processor 10 Cores up to 4.3 GHz Turbo Unlocked LGA2066 X299 Series 140W
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Core i7-6950X
Desktop • May 31st, 2016
Core i9-7900X
Desktop • Jun 26th, 2017
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i7-6950X | vs | Intel Core i9-7900X |
|---|---|---|
| May 31st, 2016 | Release Date | Jun 26th, 2017 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Core i9 |
| Broadwell-E | Codename | Skylake-E/EP |
| Intel Socket 2011-3 | Socket | Intel Socket 2066 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 10 | Cores | 10 |
| 20 | Threads | 20 |
| 3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.3 GHz |
| 3.5 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.3 GHz |
| 140 W | TDP | 140 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 30.0x | Multiplier | 33.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
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