AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D vs Intel Core i9 7960X

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D with 6 cores 3.3GHz and Intel Core i9 7960X with 16 cores 2.8GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D 's Advantages

Released 5 years and 10 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR4-2666)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.3GHz vs 2.8GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (96MB vs 22MB)

Lower TDP (105W vs 165W)

Intel Core i9 7960X 's Advantages

Larger memory bandwidth (79.47GB/s vs 51.2GB/s)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D +27%

1402

Intel Core i9 7960X

1099

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D

10232

Intel Core i9 7960X +46%

14950

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D +59%

2089

Intel Core i9 7960X

1313

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D

9119

Intel Core i9 7960X

9066

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D +43%

1595

Intel Core i9 7960X

1111

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D

8392

Intel Core i9 7960X +63%

13687

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D +29%

3224

Intel Core i9 7960X

2489

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D

22039

Intel Core i9 7960X +22%

26917

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D

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Intel Core i9 7960X

General Parameters

Jul 2023

Release Date

Sep 2017

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

-

Instruction Set

x86-64

Vermeer

Core Architecture

Skylake

-

Processor Number

i9-7960X

AMD Socket AM4

Socket

LGA-2066

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Ryzen 5 (Zen 3 (Vermeer))

Generation

-

Package

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

AMD Socket AM4

Socket

LGA-2066

105 W

Power Consumption

165 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

98 °C

TSMC

Foundry

-

74 mm²

Die Size

-

12 nm

I/O Process Size

-

125 mm²

I/O Die Size

-

µOPGA-1331

Package

-

CPU Performance

-

Performance Cores

16

-

Performance Core Threads

32

3.3 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.8 GHz

4.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.2 GHz

6

Total Core Count

16

12

Total Thread Count

32

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

33.0

Multiplier

28x

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 KB per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

96 MB shared

L3 Cache

22 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

1

SMP

-

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

-

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

4

51.2 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

79.47 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D

Official Website

Intel Core i9 7960X

4

PCIe Version

3.0

20

PCIe Lanes

44

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512

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