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In short — Core i9-7920X outperforms the cheaper Core i7-6950X on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Core i7-6950X is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i9-7920X is 467 days newer than the cheaper Core i7-6950X.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-6950X
- Up to 10% cheaper than Core i9-7920X - $499.0 vs $557.04
- Up to 9% better value when playing Horizon Zero Dawn than Core i9-7920X - $2.9 vs $3.2 per FPS
Advantages of Intel Core i9-7920X
- Performs up to 1% better in Horizon Zero Dawn than Core i7-6950X - 174 vs 172 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-6950X - 24 vs 20 threads
Horizon Zero Dawn
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1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultimate
Intel BX80671I76950X Boxed Core i7-6950X Processor Extreme Edition (25M Cache, up to 3.50 GHz) 3.0 10
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Intel Core i9-7920X X-Series Processor 12 Cores up to 4.3 GHz Turbo Unlocked LGA2066 X299 Series 140W
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1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultimate
Core i7-6950X
Desktop • May 31st, 2016
Core i9-7920X
Desktop • Sep 10th, 2017
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i7-6950X | vs | Intel Core i9-7920X |
|---|---|---|
| May 31st, 2016 | Release Date | Sep 10th, 2017 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Core i9 |
| Broadwell-E | Codename | Skylake |
| Intel Socket 2011-3 | Socket | Intel Socket 2066 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 10 | Cores | 12 |
| 20 | Threads | 24 |
3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.9 GHz |
| 3.5 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.3 GHz |
| 140 W | TDP | 140 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
30.0x | Multiplier | 29.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
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