Intel Core i7-6950X Extreme Edition - the most powerful processor for PC

Following its long tradition in every line of Core to include top-end super-powerful processors for the most demanding users, Intel presented the Intel Core i7-6950X Extreme Edition at the recent Computex exhibition, the most powerful processor for home PCs to date. The 6950X has an unprecedented 10 hypertrending cores and 25 MB of cache, the base frequency is 3 GHz, the peak is 4 GHz. There is support for DDR4 2400 memory and 40 PCI Express lanes for connecting high-speed components, for example, video cards, because obviously the main buyers of this “monster”, as Intel vice president Gregory Bryant called it at the presentation, will be crazy gamers. The rest of the cost of an Intel Core i7-6950X EE at $ 1,700 may seem excessive.
Note that the new processor is socket compatible with the previous generation Intel Core Extreme Edition, which hints at the possibility of an upgrade without replacing the motherboard, if that is the goodwill of its manufacturer.
Update . More details about the new top-end Intel processors can be found in the space post .