Intel Core i7 5960X vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Aug 2014
Oct 2020
Manufacturer
Intel
Amd
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Haswell E
Zen 3 (Vermeer)
Processor Number
i7-5960X
—
Integrated Graphics
N/A
No
Package
Transistor Count
2.6 billions
—
Manufacturing Process
22 nm
7 nm
Socket
LGA-2011-3
AM4
Power Consumption
140 W
65 W
Peak Operating Temperature
—
95°C
-
—
-
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
8
6
Performance Core Threads
16
12
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.0 GHz
3.7 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.5 GHz
4.6 GHz
Total Core Count
8
6
Total Thread Count
16
12
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
30x
37x
L1 Cache
64 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
512 K per core
L3 Cache
20 MB shared
32 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Yes
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2133
DDR4-3200
Max Memory Size
64 GB
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
4
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
68 GB/s
47.68 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
4.0
PCIe Lanes
40
20
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.2, AVX-2
—
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,057
1,551
Cinebench R23
9,850
11,464
Geekbench 6
1,244
2,173
Geekbench 6
6,669
9,138
Passmark CPU
1,963
3,361
Passmark CPU
12,655
21,921
Geekbench 5
—
1,644
Geekbench 5
—
8,821
Cinebench 2024
—
96
Cinebench 2024
—
668
▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.