Product Compare

Intel Core i7 6950X vs Intel Core i9 12900T

	CPU Intel Core i7 6950X	CPU Intel Core i9 12900T
General Parameters
Release Date	May 2016	Jan 2022
Manufacturer	Intel	Intel
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Instruction Set	x86-64
Core Architecture	Broadwell E	Alder Lake-S
Processor Number	i7-6950X
Integrated Graphics	N/A	UHD Graphics 770
Generation		Core i9 (Alder Lake-S)
Package
Manufacturing Process	14 nm	10 nm
Socket	LGA-2011-3	Intel Socket 1700
Power Consumption	140 W	35 W
Peak Operating Temperature		72 °C
Foundry		Intel
Die Size		215 mm²
Package		FC-LGA16A
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	10	8
Performance Core Threads	20	16
Performance Core Base Frequency	3.0 GHz	1.4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	3.5 GHz	4.9 GHz
Total Core Count	10	16
Total Thread Count	20	24
Bus Frequency	100 MHz	100 MHz
Multiplier	30x	14.0
L1 Cache	32 K per core	80 KB per core
L2 Cache	256 K per core	1.25 MB per core
L3 Cache	25 MB shared	30 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	No	Yes
Efficiency Cores		8
Efficiency Core Threads		8
Efficiency Core Base Frequency		1000 MHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency		3.6 GHz
SMP		1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR4-2133	DDR4-3200, DDR5-4800
Max Memory Size	128 GB
Max Memory Channels	4	2
Max Memory Bandwidth	76.8 GB/s	76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	No	No
Miscellaneous
Official Website	Official Link ↗	Official Link ↗
PCIe Version	3.0	5
PCIe Lanes	40	20
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics		true
GPU Base Frequency		300 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency		1550 MHz
Execution Units		32
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 Single Core	1069	1865
Cinebench R23 Multi Core	9743	22804
Geekbench 6 Single Core	1020	2362
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	6726	12384