{"id":91479,"date":"2016-05-06T07:42:49","date_gmt":"2016-05-06T05:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=91479"},"modified":"2016-05-06T07:44:09","modified_gmt":"2016-05-06T05:44:09","slug":"intels-10-core-gaming-processor-benchmarks-leaked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/91479-intels-10-core-gaming-processor-benchmarks-leaked","title":{"rendered":"Intel&#8217;s 10-core gaming processor benchmarks leaked"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An Overclock.net user named Silicon Lottery has conducted various benchmark tests using Intel&#8217;s flagship Core i7-6950X processor, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/first-benchmarks-of-intels-broadwell-e-core-i7-6950x-appear\/\" target=\"_blank\">PCGamer reports.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The user released the benchmark results on the Overclock.net forums, and directly compared the hardware to Intel&#8217;s current high-end Haswell-E processors.<\/p>\n<p>The Core i7-6950X Broadwell-E processor has 10 cores with Hyper Threading support, and features <a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/89295-intels-powerful-10-core-processor-unveiled-specifications.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>high-end specifications<\/strong> <\/a>that compete with the current top-of-the-line Haswell-E processors.<\/p>\n<p>Silicon Lottery benchmarked an engineering sample of the Intel Core i7-6950X processor and compared it to an Intel Core i7-5960X.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here are the specs of the i7-6950X and the benchmark comparison:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"myg_table\">\n<div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"7\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th colspan=\"2\">Intel Core i7-6950X Specifications<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Process Node<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>14nm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50%\"><strong>Cores<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\">10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Threads<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Core Clock<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>3.0 GHz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Boost Clock<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>3.5 GHz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Cache<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>25 MB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>TDP<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>140W<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"myg_table\">\n<div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"7\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th colspan=\"3\">Intel Core i7-6950X vs Core i7-5960X<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"40%\"><strong>Processor<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"30%\"><strong>Core i7-6950X<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"30%\"><strong>Core i7-5960X<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Cinebench multi-core score<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>1,904<\/td>\n<td>1,592<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Cinebench single-core score<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>151<\/td>\n<td>160<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>XTU score<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>2,354<\/td>\n<td>2,001<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More gaming news<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Awesome gaming and gadget deals\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/xbox\/91399-awesome-gaming-and-gadget-deals-2.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Awesome gaming and gadget deals<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Developer Slave Program \u2013 Former employee speaks out against Kerbal Space Program developers\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/91475-developer-slave-program-former-employee-speaks-out-against-kerbal-space-program-developers.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Developer Slave Program \u2013 Former employee speaks out against Kerbal Space Program developers<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to 9 Amazing PC gaming battle stations\" 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