Intel Core i7 5960X vs AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D

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We compared two desktop CPUs: Intel Core i7 5960X with 8 cores 3.0GHz and AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D with 8 cores 3GHz . 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)

AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D 's Advantages

Released 9 years and 5 months late

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

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3GHz vs 3.0GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (96MB vs 20MB)

Lower TDP (105W vs 140W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Core i7 5960X

1244

AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D +54%

1926

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Core i7 5960X

6669

AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D +57%

10514

Intel Core i7 5960X

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AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D

General Parameters

Aug 2014

Release Date

Jan 2024

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

-

Haswell E

Core Architecture

Vermeer

i7-5960X

Processor Number

-

LGA-2011-3

Socket

AMD Socket AM4

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

-

Generation

Ryzen 7 (Zen 3 (Vermeer))

Package

2.6 billions

Transistor Count

8.85 billions

22 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

LGA-2011-3

Socket

AMD Socket AM4

140 W

Power Consumption

105 W

-

Foundry

TSMC

-

Die Size

74 mm²

-

I/O Process Size

12 nm

-

I/O Die Size

125 mm²

-

Package

µOPGA-1331

CPU Performance

8

Performance Cores

-

16

Performance Core Threads

-

3.0 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3 GHz

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.1 GHz

8

Total Core Count

8

16

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

30x

Multiplier

30.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 KB per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

512 KB per core

20 MB shared

L3 Cache

96 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

-

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2133

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

64 GB

Max Memory Size

-

4

Max Memory Channels

2

68 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

51.2 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

Intel Core i7 5960X

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D

3.0

PCIe Version

4

40

PCIe Lanes

20

SSE4.2, AVX-2

Extended Instruction Set

-

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