Intel Core i9 7960X vs AMD Ryzen 5 7600

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Intel Core i9 7960X

AMD Ryzen 5 7600

We compared two desktop CPUs: Intel Core i9 7960X with 16 cores 2.8GHz and AMD Ryzen 5 7600 with 6 cores 3.8GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 7600 's Advantages

Released 5 years and 4 months late

Integrated graphics card

Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 2666)

Larger memory bandwidth (83.2GB/s vs 79.47GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.8GHz vs 2.8GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 22MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (65W vs 165W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Intel Core i9 7960X

1099

AMD Ryzen 5 7600 +68%

1851

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Intel Core i9 7960X +54%

22189

AMD Ryzen 5 7600

14389

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Core i9 7960X

1313

AMD Ryzen 5 7600 +128%

2995

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Core i9 7960X

9066

AMD Ryzen 5 7600 +57%

14277

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Intel Core i9 7960X

1111

AMD Ryzen 5 7600 +87%

2080

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Intel Core i9 7960X +25%

13687

AMD Ryzen 5 7600

10928

Intel Core i9 7960X

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AMD Ryzen 5 7600

General Parameters

Sep 2017

Release Date

Jan 2023

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Skylake

Core Architecture

Zen 4 (Raphael)

i9-7960X

Processor Number

-

LGA-2066

Socket

AM5

N/A

Integrated Graphics

Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)

Package

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

165 W

Power Consumption

65 W

-

Max Turbo Power Consumption

88 W

98 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

95°C

CPU Performance

16

Performance Cores

6

32

Performance Core Threads

12

2.8 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.8 GHz

4.2 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5.1 GHz

16

Total Core Count

6

32

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

28x

Multiplier

38x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

22 MB shared

L3 Cache

32 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2666

Memory Types

DDR5-5200

128 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

4

Max Memory Channels

2

79.47 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

83.2 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

-

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Base Frequency

1500 MHz

-

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

2200 MHz

-

Shader Units

128

-

Texture Units

8

-

Raster Operation Units

4

-

Execution Units

2

-

Power Consumption

15 W

-

Graphics Performance

0.54 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

Intel Core i9 7960X

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 5 7600

3.0

PCIe Version

5.0

44

PCIe Lanes

28

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512

Extended Instruction Set

-

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