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

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 Score | 948 |
|---|---|
| Crypto Score | 1205 |
| Integer Score | 894 |
| Floating Point Score | 1022 |
| AES-XTS | 1205 2.05 GB/sec |
| Text Compression (LZMA) | 1014 5.13 MB/sec |
| Image Compression | 1038 49.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm) | 944 2.66 MTE/sec |
| HTML5 | 811 952.1 KElements/sec |
| SQLite | 826 258.9 Krows/sec |
| PDF Rendering | 931 50.5 Mpixels/sec |
| Text Rendering | 868 276.5 KB/sec |
| Clang | 849 6.61 Klines/sec |
| Camera | 797 9.24 images/sec |
| N-Body Physics | 884 1.11 Mpairs/sec |
| Rigid Body Physics | 949 5877.0 FPS |
| Gaussian Blur | 784 43.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Face Detection | 902 6.94 images/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 918 22.6 Mpixels/sec |
| Image Inpainting | 1681 82.5 Mpixels/sec |
| HDR | 1664 22.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 1176 944.0 Kpixels/sec |
| Structure from Motion | 800 7.16 Kpixels/sec |
| Speech Recognition | 1023 32.7 Words/sec |
| Machine Learning | 868 33.5 images/sec |
Geekbench 5 result (multi)
| Multi-Core Score | 8799 |
|---|---|
| Crypto Score | 8070 |
| Integer Score | 8563 |
| Floating Point Score | 9431 |
| AES-XTS | 8070 13.8 GB/sec |
| Text Compression (LZMA) | 11213 56.7 MB/sec |
| Image Compression | 11818 559.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm) | 5515 15.6 MTE/sec |
| HTML5 | 7656 8.99 MElements/sec |
| SQLite | 8784 2.75 Mrows/sec |
| PDF Rendering | 9161 497.2 Mpixels/sec |
| Text Rendering | 7590 2.36 MB/sec |
| Clang | 9537 74.3 Klines/sec |
| Camera | 7599 88.1 images/sec |
| N-Body Physics | 8188 10.2 Mpairs/sec |
| Rigid Body Physics | 12144 75237.8 FPS |
| Gaussian Blur | 8395 461.5 Mpixels/sec |
| Face Detection | 9512 73.2 images/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 9698 239.0 Mpixels/sec |
| Image Inpainting | 14053 689.4 Mpixels/sec |
| HDR | 17482 238.2 Mpixels/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 12492 10.0 Mpixels/sec |
| Structure from Motion | 8417 75.4 Kpixels/sec |
| Speech Recognition | 6695 214.0 Words/sec |
| Machine Learning | 3942 152.3 images/sec |