Testseek.com 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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183 Reviews
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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:...
Published: 2016-06-05, Author: Steven , review by: techspot.com
Ridiculously high pricing at over $1,700 essentially the same cost as the 14core Xeon E52680 v4.
Before getting on with the conclusion I would just like to point out that we couldn't include any overclocking tests or info on the new Turbo Boost Max 3.0 feature. The reason for this is simple: we don't have a motherboard that supports the new Turbo Boo...
Published: 2016-06-03, Author: Ian , review by: anandtech.com
Abstract: What would you do with more CPU cores? This is a question I see posted from an Intel employee on a yearly basis, and it actually is a difficult question to answer depending on your computing background. A gamer might not need more than four or six, and a...
Published: 2016-05-31, Author: Ryan , review by: pcper.com
First, let's talk about the positive side of the Core i7-6950X. It is clearly, and without a shred of doubt, the fastest consumer processor on the market. With the inclusion of Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0, Intel was able to improve single-threaded perf...
Published: 2016-05-31, Author: Marco , review by: hothardware.com
Killer Multi-Thread Performance, Huge Cache, Turbo Boost Max 3.0
Super Pricey, Relatively Low Clocks, Lower Single Thread Perf In Some Tests
Intel Core i7 Extreme Processor - Find It At AmazonThe Core i7-6950X is not the only Broadwell-E based processor Intel has coming down the pipeline. There are four new processors due to arrive soon, including 6, 8, and 10 core options, at wildly different...
Published: 2016-05-31, Author: Tom , review by: overclock3d.net
If ever a conclusion nearly wrote itself, this one is it.The new Intel Broadwell-E processors follow in a long line of premium Intel offerings by coming in at an eye-watering price only matched by the jaw-dropping performance. This is hardly the range of...
There you have it folks, Intel's 10 core, 20 thread, Mega-Tasking monstrosity of high-end chip. Overall we have seen improvements in both multi-thread applications/benchmarks, as well as improvements in single-threaded applications/benchmarks (though, a...
Published: 2016-05-31, Author: Bruno , review by: reviewstudio.net
performance, power consumption, overclocking
way to expensive
Intel made another step forward with its X99 platform and launched the Broadwell-E CPU series. That consists of 4 SKUs: i7-6950X (10 cores), i7-6900K (8 cores), i7-6850K (6 cores) and i7-6800K (6 cores, only 28 PCI-E lanes).The new family should bring a n...
First consumer CPU to sport 10 cores, with Hyper-Threading for 20 concurrent processing threads, Most powerful consumer CPU available, Review sample overclocked well, Will work with most existing X99 Socket 2011 v3 motherboards (after a BIOS update)
Hefty price premium over already-expensive eight-core alternatives, Comparatively low clock speed means much cheaper chips will outrun it on some mainstream tasks
It's hard to push the value (or even sanity) argument for a chip this expensive unless your living relies on extremely demanding processing tasks. But Intel's 10-core, 20-thread "Broadwell-E" beast is flat-out impressive. It's the fastest consumer chip y...
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Published: 2016-05-31, Author: Matthew , review by: pcmag.com
Insanely powerful, particularly with multithreaded applications
Ridiculously expensive, Lower clock speed may reduce utility with single- or lightly threaded workloads
Desktop processors don't get beefier—or more expensive—than the Intel Core i7-6950X. But not every user will find all its enhancements worth the money...
