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Key Differences
In short — Ryzen 9 7950X outperforms the cheaper Pentium G6950 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Pentium G6950 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Ryzen 9 7950X is 4646 days newer than the cheaper Pentium G6950.
Advantages of Pentium G6950
- Up to 92% cheaper than Ryzen 9 7950X - $37.93 vs $499.00
- Up to 80% better value when playing Counter-Strike 2 than Ryzen 9 7950X - $0.17 vs $0.86 per FPS
- Consumes up to 57% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 7950X - 73 vs 170 Watts
Advantages of Ryzen 9 7950X
- Performs up to 167% better in Counter-Strike 2 than Pentium G6950 - 582 vs 218 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G6950 - 32 vs 2 threads
Counter-Strike 2
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Pentium G6950
Desktop • Jan 7th, 2010
FPS
218
37%
Value, $/FPS
$0.17/FPS
100%
Price, $
$37.93
100%
Value Winner
Intel Pentium G6950 Processor 2.8GHz 3 MB Cache Socket LGA1156
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AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core, 32-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor
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With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Pentium G6950
Desktop • Jan 7th, 2010
Ryzen 9 7950X
Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Pentium G6950 | vs | Ryzen 9 7950X |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 7th, 2010 | Release Date | Sep 27th, 2022 |
| Pentium | Collection | Ryzen 9 |
| Clarkdale | Codename | Raphael |
| Intel Socket 1156 | Socket | AMD Socket AM5 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 | Cores | 16 |
| 2 | Threads | 32 |
| 2.8 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 4.5 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.7 GHz |
73 W | TDP | 170 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 5 nm |
| 21.0x | Multiplier | 45.0x |
| Intel HD | Integrated Graphics | Radeon Graphics |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
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