Intel Core i7 5960X vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600

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We compared two desktop CPUs: Intel Core i7 5960X with 8 cores 3.0GHz and AMD Ryzen 5 3600 with 6 cores 3.6GHz . 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 memory bandwidth (68GB/s vs 51.2GB/s)

AMD Ryzen 5 3600's Advantages

Released 4 years and 11 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR4-2133)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 3.0GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 20MB)

Lower TDP (65W vs 140W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Intel Core i7 5960X

1067

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 +16%

1245

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Intel Core i7 5960X +9%

9918

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

9073

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Core i7 5960X

1244

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 +31%

1640

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Core i7 5960X

6669

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 +6%

7084

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Intel Core i7 5960X

892

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 +39%

1240

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Intel Core i7 5960X

7026

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

7078

Passmark CPU Single Core

Intel Core i7 5960X

1963

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 +30%

2565

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Intel Core i7 5960X

12655

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 +39%

17685

Intel Core i7 5960X

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AMD Ryzen 5 3600

General Parameters

Aug 2014

Release Date

Jul 2019

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Haswell E

Core Architecture

Matisse

i7-5960X

Processor Number

-

LGA-2011-3

Socket

AM4

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

2.6 billions

Transistor Count

3.8 billions

22 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

LGA-2011-3

Socket

AM4

140 W

Power Consumption

65 W

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Peak Operating Temperature

95 °C

CPU Performance

8

Performance Cores

6

16

Performance Core Threads

12

3.0 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.6 GHz

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.2 GHz

8

Total Core Count

6

16

Total Thread Count

12

100MHz

Bus Frequency

100MHz

30x

Multiplier

36x

64K per core

L1 Cache

64K per core

256K per core

L2 Cache

512K per core

20MB shared

L3 Cache

32MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2133

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

64GB

Max Memory Size

128GB

4

Max Memory Channels

2

68 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

51.2 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

Intel Core i7 5960X

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

3.0

PCIe Version

4.0

40

PCIe Lanes

16

SSE4.2, AVX-2

Extended Instruction Set

-

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