AMD Ryzen 9 7900X vs Intel Core i7 5960X

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 7900X with 12 cores 4.7GHz and Intel Core i7 5960X with 8 cores 3.0GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X's Advantages

Released 8 years and 1 months late

Integrated graphics card

Higher specification of memory (DDR5-5200 vs DDR4-2133)

Larger memory bandwidth (83.2GB/s vs 68GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (4.7GHz vs 3.0GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 20MB)

Intel Core i7 5960X's Advantages

Lower TDP (140W vs 170W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +90%

2033

Intel Core i7 5960X

1067

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +194%

29242

Intel Core i7 5960X

9918

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +136%

2942

Intel Core i7 5960X

1244

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +186%

19092

Intel Core i7 5960X

6669

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +155%

2277

Intel Core i7 5960X

892

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +191%

20503

Intel Core i7 5960X

7026

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +119%

4317

Intel Core i7 5960X

1963

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +311%

52013

Intel Core i7 5960X

12655

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

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Intel Core i7 5960X

General Parameters

Sep 2022

Release Date

Aug 2014

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Raphael

Core Architecture

Haswell E

-

Processor Number

i7-5960X

AM5

Socket

LGA-2011-3

AMD Radeon™ Graphics

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

-

Transistor Count

2.6 billions

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

22 nm

AM5

Socket

LGA-2011-3

170 W

Power Consumption

140 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

CPU Performance

12

Performance Cores

8

24

Performance Core Threads

16

4.7 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.0 GHz

5.6 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.5 GHz

12

Total Core Count

8

24

Total Thread Count

16

100MHz

Bus Frequency

100MHz

47x

Multiplier

30x

-

L1 Cache

64K per core

12MB shared

L2 Cache

256K per core

64MB shared

L3 Cache

20MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR5-5200

Memory Types

DDR4-2133

128GB

Max Memory Size

64GB

2

Max Memory Channels

4

83.2 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

68 GB/s

-

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

True

Integrated Graphics

-

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

Official Website

Intel Core i7 5960X

5.0

PCIe Version

3.0

24

PCIe Lanes

40

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.2, AVX-2

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