AMD Ryzen 5 3600X vs Intel Core i7 5960X

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AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

Intel Core i7 5960X

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 3600X with 6 cores 3.8GHz and Intel Core i7 5960X with 8 cores 3.0GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 's Advantages

Released 4 years and 11 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 2133)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.8GHz vs 3.0GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 20MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 22nm)

Lower TDP (95W vs 140W)

Intel Core i7 5960X 's Advantages

Larger memory bandwidth (68GB/s vs 47.68GB/s)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600X +25%

1322

Intel Core i7 5960X

1057

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

9493

Intel Core i7 5960X +3%

9850

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600X +23%

1534

Intel Core i7 5960X

1244

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

6388

Intel Core i7 5960X +4%

6669

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600X +48%

1323

Intel Core i7 5960X

892

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600X +4%

7338

Intel Core i7 5960X

7026

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600X +34%

2636

Intel Core i7 5960X

1963

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600X +44%

18224

Intel Core i7 5960X

12655

AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

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Intel Core i7 5960X

General Parameters

Jul 2019

Release Date

Aug 2014

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 2

Core Architecture

Haswell E

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Processor Number

i7-5960X

AM4

Socket

LGA-2011-3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

2.6 billions

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

22 nm

95 W

Power Consumption

140 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

8

12

Performance Core Threads

16

3.8 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.0 GHz

4.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.5 GHz

6

Total Core Count

8

12

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

38x

Multiplier

30x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

32 MB shared

L3 Cache

20 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-2133

128 GB

Max Memory Size

64 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

4

47.68 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

68 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

Official Website

Intel Core i7 5960X

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

16

PCIe Lanes

40

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.2, AVX-2

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