Intel Core i7-6950X: CPU Specs and Performance, Benchmarks

The Intel Core i7-6950X is a 10-core and 20-thread processor configuration with a base clock speed of 3000 MHz. The CPU specifications and performance tests (benchmarks) are listed below.

Performance (Benchmarks)

Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score
948
Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score
8963
PassMark CPU Mark Rating
17055
PassMark Single Thread Rating
2341
3DMark Time Spy Physics Score
10822

Processor Specs

Processor
Intel Core i7-6950X
Frequency
3000 MHz
Maximum Frequency
3500 MHz
Cores
10
Threads
20
TDP
140 W
Codename
Broadwell-E
Package
FCLGA2011-3
Intel Core i7-6950X
Intel Core i7-6950X: CPU Specs and Performance, Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

Single-Core Score
948
Multi-Core Score
8799
Benchmark
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Operating System
Microsoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)
Model
Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. Default string
Motherboard
Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. X99-UD4P-CF
Power Plan
Alto rendimiento

CPU Specifications

Name
Intel Core i7-6950X
Topology
1 Processor, 10 Cores, 20 Threads
Identifier
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 79 Stepping 1
Base Frequency
3.00 GHz
Maximum Frequency
3499 MHz
Package
Socket 2011 LGA
Codename
Broadwell-E/EP
L1 Instruction Cache
32.0 KB x 10
L1 Data Cache
32.0 KB x 10
L2 Cache
256 KB x 10
L3 Cache
25.0 MB x 1

Memory Information

Size
15.90 GB
Frequency
1333 MHz
Type
DDR4 SDRAM
Channels
4

Geekbench 5 result (single)

Single-Core Score948
Crypto Score1205
Integer Score894
Floating Point Score 1022
AES-XTS1205
2.05 GB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)1014
5.13 MB/sec
Image Compression1038
49.1 Mpixels/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)944
2.66 MTE/sec
HTML5811
952.1 KElements/sec
SQLite826
258.9 Krows/sec
PDF Rendering931
50.5 Mpixels/sec
Text Rendering868
276.5 KB/sec
Clang849
6.61 Klines/sec
Camera797
9.24 images/sec
N-Body Physics884
1.11 Mpairs/sec
Rigid Body Physics949
5877.0 FPS
Gaussian Blur784
43.1 Mpixels/sec
Face Detection902
6.94 images/sec
Horizon Detection918
22.6 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting1681
82.5 Mpixels/sec
HDR1664
22.7 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing1176
944.0 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion800
7.16 Kpixels/sec
Speech Recognition1023
32.7 Words/sec
Machine Learning868
33.5 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

Multi-Core Score8799
Crypto Score8070
Integer Score8563
Floating Point Score 9431
AES-XTS8070
13.8 GB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)11213
56.7 MB/sec
Image Compression11818
559.1 Mpixels/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)5515
15.6 MTE/sec
HTML57656
8.99 MElements/sec
SQLite8784
2.75 Mrows/sec
PDF Rendering9161
497.2 Mpixels/sec
Text Rendering7590
2.36 MB/sec
Clang9537
74.3 Klines/sec
Camera7599
88.1 images/sec
N-Body Physics8188
10.2 Mpairs/sec
Rigid Body Physics12144
75237.8 FPS
Gaussian Blur8395
461.5 Mpixels/sec
Face Detection9512
73.2 images/sec
Horizon Detection9698
239.0 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting14053
689.4 Mpixels/sec
HDR17482
238.2 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing12492
10.0 Mpixels/sec
Structure from Motion8417
75.4 Kpixels/sec
Speech Recognition6695
214.0 Words/sec
Machine Learning3942
152.3 images/sec