Testseek.co.uk have collected 183 expert reviews of the Intel Core i7 6950X Extreme Edition 3GHz Socket 2011-3 and the average rating is 82%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Intel Core i7 6950X Extreme Edition 3GHz Socket 2011-3.
June 2016
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The editors liked
First 10-core consumer chip
Incredible performance
Impressive energy consumption
Drop-in upgrade to 5960X
Extreme 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
AVX 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
Classleading multithreaded performance
Refreshed motherboards available
Improved power consumption over previousgen
The editors didn't like
First 10core consumer chip
Incredible performance
Impressive energy consumption
Dropin upgrade to 5960X
Games don't benefit
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Nonflagship models are only small improvements over HaswellE
More expensive than HaswellE at launch
>$1500 Flagship breaks new ground in consumer CPU pricing.
Extreme 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
Singlethreaded performance cannot match Skylake
Some applications aren't optimised for high core counts
Published: 2016-05-31, Author: Jonathan , review by: alphr.com
So 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...
Published: 2016-05-31, Author: Ryan , review by: kitguru.net
Classleading multithreaded performance, Refreshed motherboards available, Improved power consumption over previousgen
Singlethreaded performance cannot match Skylake, Some applications aren't optimised for high core counts
Initial 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...
Published: 2017-09-04, Author: Steven , review by: techspot.com
Abstract: Earlier this year we updated our CPU buying guide putting Ryzen front and center, and while that guide is due for an update now that Ryzen 3 and Threadripper have landed, those picks are still as valid today as they were back then with the Ryzen 5 1600 of...
The AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X and Threadripper 1920X are very impressive processors that did extremely well in content creation benchmarks that take advantage of having a 16-core, 32-thread processor in the system. The good news is a good number of app...
Abstract: In the past two years, the Intel Core i7-5960X Extreme Edition has had little reason to look over its shoulder. After all, in 2014 when it launched, the 8-core, 16-thread behemoth represented everything Intel could pile on top of the X99 platform, minus t...
Due to its specifications, the Core i7-6950X taken from the Core i7-5960X the title of most high-end desktop CPU available, mostly because of the 20 threads. Its price also reinforces this title. By the way, it is interesting to notice that, by now, Intel...
Abstract: I am going to do a bit of cut and paste here from our first article...again, as it is still pertinent to the discussion.For the last year, the Video Card Forums have been abuzz with
With its ten cores to feed the 6950X is a mild mannered Dr. Jekyll at stock, but can turn in an instant to Mister Hyde when overclocked. As you can see it will need a lot more than value cooling to tame this savage beast!3.5i7 6950XYour RatingUser Rating:...