Intel Core i7 5960X vs AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Aug 2014
Mar 2022
Manufacturer
Intel
Amd
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Haswell E
Zen 3 (Vermeer)
Processor Number
i7-5960X
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Integrated Graphics
N/A
No
Package
Transistor Count
2.6 billions
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Manufacturing Process
22 nm
7 nm
Socket
LGA-2011-3
AM4
Power Consumption
140 W
105 W
Peak Operating Temperature
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90 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
8
8
Performance Core Threads
16
16
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.0 GHz
3.4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.5 GHz
4.5 GHz
Total Core Count
8
8
Total Thread Count
16
16
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
30x
34
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
96 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2133
DDR4-3200,DDR4-2933,DDR4-2667
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
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Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,057
1,476
Cinebench R23
9,850
14,514
Geekbench 6
1,244
2,112
Geekbench 6
6,669
11,193
Passmark CPU
1,963
3,232
Passmark CPU
12,655
28,284
Cinebench 2024
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95
Cinebench 2024
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835
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.