AMD Ryzen 7 5600X3D vs Intel Core i9 7960X

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AMD Ryzen 7 5600X3D

Intel Core i9 7960X

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 7 5600X3D with 6 cores 3.3GHz and Intel Core i9 7960X with 16 cores 2.8GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 7 5600X3D 's Advantages

Released 6 years and 4 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 2666)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.3GHz vs 2.8GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (96MB vs 22MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (105W vs 165W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 5600X3D +27%

1401

Intel Core i9 7960X

1099

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 5600X3D

10238

Intel Core i9 7960X +116%

22189

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 5600X3D +51%

1984

Intel Core i9 7960X

1313

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 5600X3D

8785

Intel Core i9 7960X +3%

9066

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 5600X3D +28%

3193

Intel Core i9 7960X

2489

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 5600X3D

21947

Intel Core i9 7960X +22%

26917

AMD Ryzen 7 5600X3D

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Intel Core i9 7960X

General Parameters

Jan 2024

Release Date

Sep 2017

Amd

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 3 (Vermeer)

Core Architecture

Skylake

-

Processor Number

i9-7960X

AM4

Socket

LGA-2066

No

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

105 W

Power Consumption

165 W

90 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

98 °C

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

16

12

Performance Core Threads

32

3.3 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.8 GHz

4.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.2 GHz

6

Total Core Count

16

12

Total Thread Count

32

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

33

Multiplier

28x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

96 MB shared

L3 Cache

22 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

128 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

4

-

Max Memory Bandwidth

79.47 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

Intel Core i9 7960X

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

20

PCIe Lanes

44

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512

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