i5-11300H vs i7-6950X Extreme Edition

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Primary details

Comparing Core i7-6950X Extreme Edition and Core i5-11300H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1014
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesIntel Core i7EEno data
Power efficiencyno data23.22
Architecture codenameBroadwell (2015−2019)Tiger Lake-H35 (2021)
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)11 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,743no data

Detailed specifications

Core i7-6950X Extreme Edition and Core i5-11300H basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores10 (Deca-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads208
Base clock speedno data2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHz4.4 GHz
Bus typeDMI 2.0no data
Bus rateno data4 GT/s
Multiplier30no data
L1 cacheno data80K (per core)
L2 cache2.5 MB1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache25 MB8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm10 nm SuperFin
Die size246 mm2146.1 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistors3400 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Core i7-6950X Extreme Edition and Core i5-11300H compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
Socketno dataFCBGA1449,FCLGA1449
Power consumption (TDP)140 Watt28 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i7-6950X Extreme Edition and Core i5-11300H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
FMA-+
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Core i7-6950X Extreme Edition and Core i5-11300H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
SGXno data-
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i7-6950X Extreme Edition and Core i5-11300H are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i7-6950X Extreme Edition and Core i5-11300H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4
Maximum memory size128 GB64 GB
Max memory channelsno data2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel® Iris® Xe Graphics
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.3 GHz
Execution Unitsno data80

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i7-6950X Extreme Edition and Core i5-11300H integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i7-6950X Extreme Edition and Core i5-11300H integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data7680x4320@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i7-6950X Extreme Edition and Core i5-11300H integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12.1
OpenGLno data4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i7-6950X Extreme Edition and Core i5-11300H.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes4020

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 10 4
Threads 20 8
Chip lithography 14 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 140 Watt 28 Watt

i7-6950X Extreme Edition has 150% more physical cores and 150% more threads.

i5-11300H, on the other hand, has a 40% more advanced lithography process, and 400% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Core i7-6950X Extreme Edition and Core i5-11300H. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Core i7-6950X Extreme Edition is a desktop processor while Core i5-11300H is a notebook one.


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