Intel Core i7 5960X vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600G

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We compared two desktop CPUs: Intel Core i7 5960X with 8 cores 3.0GHz and AMD Ryzen 5 5600G with 6 cores 3.9GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Core i7 5960X 's Advantages

Larger memory bandwidth (68GB/s vs 51.2GB/s)

Larger L3 cache size (20MB vs 16MB)

AMD Ryzen 5 5600G 's Advantages

Released 6 years and 8 months late

Integrated graphics card

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR4-2133)

Higher base frequency (3.9GHz vs 3.0GHz)

Lower TDP (45W vs 140W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Intel Core i7 5960X

1057

AMD Ryzen 5 5600G +35%

1434

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Intel Core i7 5960X

9850

AMD Ryzen 5 5600G +9%

10782

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Core i7 5960X

1244

AMD Ryzen 5 5600G +57%

1958

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Core i7 5960X

6669

AMD Ryzen 5 5600G +21%

8078

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Intel Core i7 5960X

892

AMD Ryzen 5 5600G +65%

1480

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Intel Core i7 5960X

7026

AMD Ryzen 5 5600G +7%

7532

Passmark CPU Single Core

Intel Core i7 5960X

1963

AMD Ryzen 5 5600G +62%

3192

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Intel Core i7 5960X

12655

AMD Ryzen 5 5600G +57%

19915

Intel Core i7 5960X

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AMD Ryzen 5 5600G

General Parameters

Aug 2014

Release Date

Apr 2021

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Haswell E

Core Architecture

Zen 3 (Cezanne)

i7-5960X

Processor Number

-

LGA-2011-3

Socket

AM4

N/A

Integrated Graphics

Radeon RX Vega 7

-

Generation

Ryzen 5

Package

2.6 billions

Transistor Count

10.7 billions

22 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

LGA-2011-3

Socket

AM4

140 W

Power Consumption

45-65 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

95°C

-

Foundry

TSMC

-

Die Size

180 mm²

-

Package

µOPGA-1331

CPU Performance

8

Performance Cores

6

16

Performance Core Threads

12

3.0 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.9 GHz

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.4 GHz

8

Total Core Count

6

16

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

30x

Multiplier

39x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

20 MB shared

L3 Cache

16 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2133

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

64 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

4

Max Memory Channels

2

68 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

51.2 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

-

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Base Frequency

300 MHz

-

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1900 MHz

-

Shader Units

448

-

Texture Units

28

-

Raster Operation Units

7

-

Power Consumption

10-45 W

-

Graphics Performance

1.108 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

Intel Core i7 5960X

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 5 5600G

3.0

PCIe Version

3.0

40

PCIe Lanes

24

SSE4.2, AVX-2

Extended Instruction Set

-

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