Intel Core i5 12490F 's Advantages
Released 5 years and 8 months late
Higher specification of memory (DDR5-4800 vs DDR4-2133)
Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 3.0)
More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 14nm)
Lower TDP (65W vs 140W)
Intel Core i7 6950X 's Advantages
Larger L3 cache size (25MB vs 20MB)