Intel Core i7 5960X vs AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

VS

We compared two desktop CPUs: Intel Core i7 5960X with 8 cores 3.0GHz and AMD Ryzen 9 7900X with 12 cores 4.7GHz . 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

Lower TDP (140W vs 170W)

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)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Intel Core i7 5960X

1057

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +92%

2033

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Intel Core i7 5960X

9850

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +196%

29242

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Core i7 5960X

1244

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +136%

2942

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Core i7 5960X

6669

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +186%

19092

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Intel Core i7 5960X

892

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +155%

2277

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Intel Core i7 5960X

7026

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +191%

20503

Passmark CPU Single Core

Intel Core i7 5960X

1963

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +119%

4317

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Intel Core i7 5960X

12655

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +311%

52013

Intel Core i7 5960X

VS

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

General Parameters

Aug 2014

Release Date

Sep 2022

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Haswell E

Core Architecture

Raphael

i7-5960X

Processor Number

-

LGA-2011-3

Socket

AM5

N/A

Integrated Graphics

AMD Radeon™ Graphics

Package

2.6 billions

Transistor Count

-

22 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

LGA-2011-3

Socket

AM5

140 W

Power Consumption

170 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

95 °C

CPU Performance

8

Performance Cores

12

16

Performance Core Threads

24

3.0 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

4.7 GHz

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5.6 GHz

8

Total Core Count

12

16

Total Thread Count

24

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

30x

Multiplier

47x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

-

256 K per core

L2 Cache

12 MB shared

20 MB shared

L3 Cache

64 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2133

Memory Types

DDR5-5200

64 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

4

Max Memory Channels

2

68 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

83.2 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

-

Graphics Card Parameters

-

Integrated Graphics

true

Miscellaneous

Intel Core i7 5960X

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

3.0

PCIe Version

5.0

40

PCIe Lanes

24

SSE4.2, AVX-2

Extended Instruction Set

-

Related CPU Comparisons

1

Intel Core i7 5960X vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

2

Intel Core i9 13900K vs Intel Core i7 5960X

3

Intel Core i7 5960X vs Intel Core i7 6900K

4

Intel Xeon w3 2423 vs Intel Core i7 5960X

5

Intel Core i7 5960X vs Intel Core i7 7820X

6

AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT vs Intel Core i7 5960X

7

Intel Core i5 13500 vs Intel Core i7 5960X

8

Intel Core i7 14700K vs AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

9

Intel Core i7 5960X vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X

10

Intel Core i7 5960X vs Intel Core i7 10700T