Intel® Core™ i7-6950X Processor Extreme Edition
25M Cache, up to 3.50 GHz
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Expert reviews
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11/08/2018
SummaryDefaultFirst of all we're going to have a closer look at performance differences with standard clock speeds From our overall performance rating we see that the Core i76950X is on average 5179 % quicker than the Core i76700KIf we start searching for the be...
ocaholic.ch.english -
03/23/2018
SummaryWhich processor now offers the most bang of your buck varies per price segment. If you have a very small budget, in our opinion it is best to find an Intel Pentium G4560, which, given its higher availability, is less of a challenge than it was a few month...
uk.hardware.info
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08/01/2016
SummaryPricingAt the time of writing, Intel's latest flagship desktop processor retails for an eye-watering £1419.99 from eBuyer.com. Please note, this is the cheapest price I've seen for some time and it's been quite common for stores to charge near the £1500 m...
eteknix.comProsAVX ratio offset balances performance demands, Compatible with existing 2011-v3 motherboards after a BIOS update, Extraordinary multi-threaded performance, Good stock temperatures, Memory writes much faster than i7-5960X, Rudimentary overclocking procedur...
ConsExtreme performance comes at an extreme price, Intel Xeon E5-2640 v4 is significantly cheaper, Neutral, Major thermal increase beyond 1.3V but expected given the 10-core configuration, “The Intel Core i7-6950X is capable of unbelievable multi-threaded per...
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05/31/2016
SummarySo it's quick, then. The question is, do you really need all of those extra cores? If it's the very best performance that you want, and damn the cost, the answer has to be yes.Broadwell-E, at least in the form of the ten-core Core i7-6950X I've looked at...
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05/31/2016
SummaryIf you're clued up about the current state of affairs as you leave the realms of quad-core CPUs then you'll no doubt realise that in some ways there are diminishing returns as you add more cores. In fact, some performance benchmarks get slower as the effe...
Bit-Tech.net -
05/31/2016
SummaryMonstrously expensive and outstandingly powerful, this Broadwell-E CPU is as exclusive as they come...
expertreviews.co.uk -
05/31/2016
SummaryIntel holds a commanding performance and market-share lead in virtually all CPU segments. Nowhere is this hegemony more keenly felt than in the high-end desktop (HEDT) space, where wave after wave of Core i7 processors' main goal is to simply improve upon...
HEXUS.netProsFirst 10-core consumer chip, Incredible performance, Impressive energy consumption, Drop-in upgrade to 5960X
ConsFirst 10core consumer chip, Incredible performance, Impressive energy consumption, Dropin upgrade to 5960X, Games don't benefit, How much?, Intel Core i76950X, HEXUS.where2buy, Intel Core i76950X (14nm Broadwell), £1399.49, Free shipping for HEXUS members...
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05/31/2016
SummaryInitial performance and overclocking results from the Broadwell i7 5775C and i5 5675C processors back in 2015 suggested the Broadwell architecture wouldn't clock as high as Haswell equivalents and this has mostly panned out to be accurate with Intel's Bro...
kitguru.netProsClassleading multithreaded performance, Refreshed motherboards available, Improved power consumption over previousgen
ConsSinglethreaded performance cannot match Skylake, Some applications aren't optimised for high core counts
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05/31/2016
SummaryIs Broadwell more attractive to enthusiasts without graphics and up to 10 Hyper-Threaded cores? We test against two previous generations, plus Skylake to find out.Intel launched its sixth-gen Core architecture, code-named Skylake, last August. That design...
tomshardware.co.uk -
05/31/2016
SummaryIntel's High End Desktop (HEDT platform has long been the last bastion of the enthusiast in Intel's lineup Dominating performance, flexible overclocking, and more cores than you can shake a stick at have drawn a stark contrast between it and mainstrea...
vortez.netProsExtreme Performance, Mature Motherboard Platform, DDR4 is now a mainstream memory standard, Simple, flexible overclocking via BCLK and/or Multiplier, Will reward enthusiast overclockers, Flagship model pushes the boundaries of the High End Desktop capabil...
ConsNonflagship models are only small improvements over HaswellE, More expensive than HaswellE at launch,
Retail prices reported as of 09 Aug 2022 00:36:44 GMT