Intel Core i7 5960X vs AMD Ryzen 7 8700F

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We compared two desktop CPUs: Intel Core i7 5960X with 8 cores 3.0GHz and AMD Ryzen 7 8700F with 8 cores 4.1GHz . 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 L3 cache size (20MB vs 16MB)

AMD Ryzen 7 8700F 's Advantages

Released 9 years and 8 months late

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

Larger memory bandwidth (83.2GB/s vs 68GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (4.1GHz vs 3.0GHz)

Lower TDP (65W vs 140W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Core i7 5960X

1244

AMD Ryzen 7 8700F +117%

2711

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Core i7 5960X

6669

AMD Ryzen 7 8700F +115%

14364

Intel Core i7 5960X

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AMD Ryzen 7 8700F

General Parameters

Aug 2014

Release Date

Apr 2024

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

-

Haswell E

Core Architecture

Phoenix

i7-5960X

Processor Number

-

LGA-2011-3

Socket

AMD Socket AM5

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

-

Generation

Ryzen 7 (Zen 4 (Phoenix))

Package

2.6 billions

Transistor Count

25 billions

22 nm

Manufacturing Process

4 nm

LGA-2011-3

Socket

AMD Socket AM5

140 W

Power Consumption

65 W

-

Foundry

TSMC

-

Die Size

178 mm²

-

Package

FC-LGA1718

CPU Performance

8

Performance Cores

-

16

Performance Core Threads

-

3.0 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

4.1 GHz

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5 GHz

8

Total Core Count

8

16

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

30x

Multiplier

41.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 KB per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

20 MB shared

L3 Cache

16 MB

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

-

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2133

Memory Types

DDR5-5200

64 GB

Max Memory Size

256 GB

4

Max Memory Channels

2

68 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

83.2 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

AI Accelerator

-

NPU

AMD Ryzen™ AI

-

Theoretical performance

16 TOPS

Miscellaneous

Intel Core i7 5960X

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 7 8700F

3.0

PCIe Version

4

40

PCIe Lanes

20

SSE4.2, AVX-2

Extended Instruction Set

-

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