Intel Core i7 5960X vs AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D

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Intel Core i7 5960X

AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D

We compared two desktop CPUs: Intel Core i7 5960X with 8 cores 3.0GHz and AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D with 12 cores 4.4GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D 's Advantages

Released 10 years and 1 months late

Integrated graphics card

Higher specification of memory (5600 vs 2133)

Larger memory bandwidth (89.6GB/s vs 68GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (4.4GHz vs 3.0GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 20MB)

More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 22nm)

Lower TDP (120W vs 140W)

Score

Intel Core i7 5960X

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AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D

General Parameters

Aug 2014

Release Date

Sep 2024

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Haswell E

Core Architecture

Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)

i7-5960X

Processor Number

-

LGA-2011-3

Socket

AM5

N/A

Integrated Graphics

Radeon Graphics

-

Generation

Ryzen 9 (Zen 5 (Granite Ridge))

Package

2.6 billions

Transistor Count

-

22 nm

Manufacturing Process

4 nm

140 W

Power Consumption

120 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

95°C

-

Foundry

TSMC

-

I/O Process Size

6 nm

CPU Performance

8

Performance Cores

12

16

Performance Core Threads

24

3.0 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

4.4 GHz

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5.6 GHz

8

Total Core Count

12

16

Total Thread Count

24

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

30x

Multiplier

44x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

80 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

12 MB

20 MB shared

L3 Cache

128 MB

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

-

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2133

Memory Types

DDR5-5600

64 GB

Max Memory Size

192 GB

4

Max Memory Channels

2

68 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

89.6 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

-

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Base Frequency

MHz

-

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

2200 MHz

-

Execution Units

2

Miscellaneous

Intel Core i7 5960X

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D

3.0

PCIe Version

5.0

40

PCIe Lanes

28

SSE4.2, AVX-2

Extended Instruction Set

-

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