AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT vs Intel Core i7 5960X

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AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT

Intel Core i7 5960X

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT with 8 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 7 5800XT 's Advantages

Released 9 years and 11 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 2133)

Newer PCIe version (4 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 (105W vs 140W)

Intel Core i7 5960X 's Advantages

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

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT +77%

2205

Intel Core i7 5960X

1244

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT +42%

9519

Intel Core i7 5960X

6669

AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT

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Intel Core i7 5960X

General Parameters

Jul 2024

Release Date

Aug 2014

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Vermeer

Core Architecture

Haswell E

-

Processor Number

i7-5960X

AMD Socket AM4

Socket

LGA-2011-3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Ryzen 7 (Zen 3 (Vermeer))

Generation

-

Package

4.15 billions

Transistor Count

2.6 billions

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

22 nm

105 W

Power Consumption

140 W

90°C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

TSMC

Foundry

-

74 mm²

Die Size

-

12 nm

I/O Process Size

-

125 mm²

I/O Die Size

-

CPU Performance

8

Performance Cores

8

16

Performance Core Threads

16

3.8 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.0 GHz

4.8 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.5 GHz

8

Total Core Count

8

16

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

38.0

Multiplier

30x

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 KB per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

32 MB

L3 Cache

20 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

1

SMP

-

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 7 5800XT

Official Website

Intel Core i7 5960X

4

PCIe Version

3.0

20

PCIe Lanes

40

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.2, AVX-2

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