Intel Core i9 7960X vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Sep 2017
Jan 2024
Manufacturer
Intel
Amd
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Skylake
Zen 3 (Vermeer)
Processor Number
i9-7960X
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Integrated Graphics
N/A
No
Generation
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Ryzen 5 (Zen 3 (Vermeer))
Package
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
7 nm
Socket
LGA-2066
AM4
Power Consumption
165 W
105 W
Peak Operating Temperature
98 °C
90 °C
Max Turbo Power Consumption
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142 W
Foundry
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TSMC
Die Size
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74 mm²
I/O Process Size
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12 nm
I/O Die Size
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125 mm²
Package
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µOPGA-1331
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
16
6
Performance Core Threads
32
12
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.8 GHz
3.3 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.2 GHz
4.4 GHz
Total Core Count
16
6
Total Thread Count
32
12
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
28x
33
L1 Cache
64 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
512 K per core
L3 Cache
22 MB shared
96 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
SMP
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1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2666
DDR4-3200
Max Memory Size
128 GB
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Max Memory Channels
4
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
79.47 GB/s
51.2 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
4.0
PCIe Lanes
44
20
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512
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Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,099
1,402
Cinebench R23
22,189
10,227
Geekbench 6
1,313
1,986
Geekbench 6
9,066
8,782
Passmark CPU
2,489
3,191
Passmark CPU
26,917
21,920
Geekbench 5
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1,595
Geekbench 5
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8,392
Cinebench 2024
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80
Cinebench 2024
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698
Blender
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154
▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.