Intel Core i7 5960X vs AMD Ryzen 3 8300G

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We compared two desktop CPUs: Intel Core i7 5960X with 8 cores 3.0GHz and AMD Ryzen 3 8300G with 4 cores 3.4GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Core i7 5960X 's Advantages

Larger L3 cache size (20MB vs 8MB)

AMD Ryzen 3 8300G 's Advantages

Released 9 years and 5 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 (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.4GHz vs 3.0GHz)

Lower TDP (45W vs 140W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Intel Core i7 5960X

1057

AMD Ryzen 3 8300G +52%

1610

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Intel Core i7 5960X +2%

9850

AMD Ryzen 3 8300G

9598

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Core i7 5960X

1244

AMD Ryzen 3 8300G +111%

2627

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Core i7 5960X

6669

AMD Ryzen 3 8300G +31%

8782

Intel Core i7 5960X

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AMD Ryzen 3 8300G

General Parameters

Aug 2014

Release Date

Jan 2024

Intel

Manufacturer

Amd

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Haswell E

Core Architecture

Zen 4 (Phoenix)

i7-5960X

Processor Number

-

LGA-2011-3

Socket

AM5

N/A

Integrated Graphics

Radeon 740M

-

Generation

Ryzen 5 (Zen 4 (Phoenix))

Package

2.6 billions

Transistor Count

20.9 billions

22 nm

Manufacturing Process

4 nm

LGA-2011-3

Socket

AM5

140 W

Power Consumption

45-65 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

95°C

-

Foundry

TSMC

-

Die Size

137 mm²

-

Package

FC-LGA1718

CPU Performance

8

Performance Cores

4

16

Performance Core Threads

8

3.0 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.4 GHz

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.9 GHz

-

Efficiency Cores

3

-

Efficiency Core Threads

6

-

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

3.2 GHz

-

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

3.6 GHz

8

Total Core Count

4

16

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

30x

Multiplier

34x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

20 MB shared

L3 Cache

8 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

-

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2133

Memory Types

DDR5-5200

64 GB

Max Memory Size

256 GB

4

Max Memory Channels

2

68 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

83.2 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

-

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Base Frequency

800 MHz

-

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

2600 MHz

-

Shader Units

256

-

Texture Units

16

-

Raster Operation Units

8

-

Execution Units

4

-

Power Consumption

15 W

-

Graphics Performance

2.56 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

Intel Core i7 5960X

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 3 8300G

3.0

PCIe Version

4.0

40

PCIe Lanes

14

SSE4.2, AVX-2

Extended Instruction Set

-

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