Intel Core i7 5960X vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Aug 2014
Jul 2020
Manufacturer
Intel
Amd
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Haswell E
Zen 2
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
sWRX8
Power Consumption
140 W
280 W
Peak Operating Temperature
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90 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
8
16
Performance Core Threads
16
32
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.0 GHz
3.9 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.5 GHz
4.3 GHz
Total Core Count
8
16
Total Thread Count
16
32
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
30x
39
L1 Cache
64 K per core
96 K per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
512 K per core
L3 Cache
20 MB shared
64 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2133
DDR4-3200
Max Memory Size
64 GB
2048 GB
Max Memory Channels
4
8
Max Memory Bandwidth
68 GB/s
204.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
4.0
PCIe Lanes
40
128
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.2, AVX-2
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Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,057
1,401
Cinebench R23
9,850
27,175
Geekbench 6
1,244
1,668
Geekbench 6
6,669
13,638
Passmark CPU
1,963
2,682
Passmark CPU
12,655
40,251
Geekbench 5
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1,301
Geekbench 5
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15,072
Blender
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393
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.