blender-comparison
Intel Core i9-8950HK testing with a Alienware 15 R4 (1.5.0 BIOS) and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 with Max-Q Design 8GB on openSUSE 20190126 via the Phoronix Test Suite.


i7-7800X: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-7800X @ 4.00GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: Gigabyte X299 AORUS Ultra Gaming Pro-CF (F4h BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: CX2-8B256-Q11 NVMe LITEON 256GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 460/560D / Pro 450/455/460/555/555X/560/560X 2GB (1200/1750MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: ASUS VN247, Network: Intel Connection + Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless

	OS: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20190126, Kernel: 4.20.2-1-default (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.30.2, Display Server: X Server + Wayland, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.3.1 (LLVM 7.0.0), Compiler: GCC 8.2.1 20190103 [gcc-8-branch revision 267549], File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

i9-7960x: 

	Processor: Intel Core i9-7960X @ 4.20GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: Gigabyte X299 DESIGNARE EX-CF (F4h BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 1024GB Samsung SSD 960 PRO 1TB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 8GB (1657/5005MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: PLE2208HDD, Network: Intel Connection + Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275

	OS: openSUSE 20190126, Kernel: 4.20.2-1-default (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.30.2, Display Server: X Server 1.20.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 410.93, OpenGL: 4.6.0, Compiler: GCC 8.2.1 20190103 [gcc-8-branch revision 267549], File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

i9-8950HK: 

	Processor: Intel Core i9-8950HK @ 4.80GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: Alienware 15 R4 (1.5.0 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Cannon Lake PCH Shared SRAM, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 1000GB HGST HTS721010A9 + Samsung SSD 970 PRO 512GB + 1024GB Samsung SSD 970 PRO 1TB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 with Max-Q Design 8GB (1290/5005MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC3266, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E2500 Gigabit + Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless

	OS: openSUSE 20190126, Kernel: 4.20.2-1-default (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.30.2, Display Server: X Server 1.20.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 410.93, OpenGL: 4.6.0, Compiler: GCC 8.2.1 20190103 [gcc-8-branch revision 267549], File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160


Blender 2.79a
Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only
Seconds < Lower Is Better
i7-7800X .. 292 |=====================================================
i9-7960x .. 120 |======================
i9-8950HK . 339 |==============================================================


Blender 2.79a
Blend File: Classroom - Compute: CPU-Only
Seconds < Lower Is Better
i7-7800X .. 657 |====================================================
i9-7960x .. 273 |=====================
i9-8950HK . 789 |==============================================================


Blender 2.79a
Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: CPU-Only
Seconds < Lower Is Better
i7-7800X .. 445 |=====================================================
i9-7960x .. 186 |======================
i9-8950HK . 516 |==============================================================


Blender 2.79a
Blend File: Barbershop - Compute: CPU-Only
Seconds < Lower Is Better
i7-7800X .. 1427 |=====================================================
i9-7960x .. 567  |=====================
i9-8950HK . 1634 |=============================================================


Blender 2.79a
Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona - Compute: CPU-Only
Seconds < Lower Is Better
i7-7800X .. 843  |===================================================
i9-7960x .. 330  |====================
i9-8950HK . 1007 |=============================================================