AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X vs Intel Core i7 5960X

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X Intel Core i7 5960X

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X with 64 cores 3.2GHz 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 Threadripper 7980X 's Advantages

Released 9 years and 2 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR5-5200 vs DDR4-2133)

Larger memory bandwidth (166.4GB/s vs 68GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.2GHz vs 3.0GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (256MB vs 20MB)

Intel Core i7 5960X 's Advantages

Lower TDP (140W vs 350W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X +78%

1891

Intel Core i7 5960X

1057

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X +898%

98341

Intel Core i7 5960X

9850

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X +127%

2828

Intel Core i7 5960X

1244

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X +302%

26811

Intel Core i7 5960X

6669

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X

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Intel Core i7 5960X

General Parameters

Oct 2023

Release Date

Aug 2014

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

-

Instruction Set

x86-64

Storm Peak

Core Architecture

Haswell E

-

Processor Number

i7-5960X

AMD Socket sTR5

Socket

LGA-2011-3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Ryzen Threadripper (Zen 4 (Storm Peak))

Generation

-

Package

52.56 billions

Transistor Count

2.6 billions

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

22 nm

AMD Socket sTR5

Socket

LGA-2011-3

350 W

Power Consumption

140 W

TSMC

Foundry

-

8x71 mm²

Die Size

-

6 nm

I/O Process Size

-

388 mm

I/O Die Size

-

FC-LGA4844

Package

-

CPU Performance

-

Performance Cores

8

-

Performance Core Threads

16

3.2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.0 GHz

5.1 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.5 GHz

64

Total Core Count

8

128

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

32.0

Multiplier

30x

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

64 MB

L2 Cache

256 K per core

256 MB

L3 Cache

20 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

1

SMP

-

Memory Parameters

DDR5-5200

Memory Types

DDR4-2133

1 TB

Max Memory Size

64 GB

4

Max Memory Channels

4

166.4 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

68 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X

Official Website

Intel Core i7 5960X

5

PCIe Version

3.0

48

PCIe Lanes

40

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.2, AVX-2

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