May 31 2016Intel Core i7-6950X
Desktop
10 cores
20 threads
LGA2011-3
The Intel Core i7-6950X is a mid-tier budget desktop 14 nm processor with 10 cores and 20 threads. Running on the LGA2011-3 socket, with a TDP of 140 watts, this CPU can provide a pretty good gaming performance.
This CPU doest't have integrated graphics! You will need a dedicated graphics card in your build to get your display to work.
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Intel BX80671I76950X Boxed Core i7-6950X Processor Extreme Edition (25M Cache, up to 3.50 GHz) 3.0 10
Compatible Motherboards 7
Levels of Cache
L1, L2 and L3 memory cache are what the CPU checks first before reaching out to your computer's memory. These modules are sitting on the CPU itself, so logically, the more cache a CPU has, the faster it gets access to data.
Your CPU
Up to 100x faster than RAM
Up to 25x faster than RAM
25MB
Shared between all cores
Up to 8x faster than RAM
Your RAM
(if no data is found)Supported Features
Very rare
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Compatibility
AVX2
Advanced Vector Extensions 2 for enhanced SIMD operations.
VT-x
Intel's virtualization technology for x86 processors.
AES-NI
Hardware-accelerated Advanced Encryption Standard instructions.
TXT
Intel Trusted Execution Technology for secure boot and attestation.
CLMUL
Carry-less multiplication instruction for cryptographic operations.
HTT
Hyper-Threading Technology for simultaneous multi-threading.
FMA3
Fused Multiply-Add instructions for floating-point operations.
Intel 64
Intel's 64-bit instruction set architecture (x86-64).