Intel Core i7 5960X vs AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
We compared two 8-core desktop CPUs: the 3.0 GHz Intel Core i7 5960X against the 3.7 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 2700X. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of electricity consumption
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating
Key Differences
Advantages of Intel Core i7 5960X
- Supports quad-channel memory
- Around 24.29 GB/s (56%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
- Unlocked multiplier
- Newer - released 3-years and 8-months later
- More modern manufacturing process – 12 versus 22 nanometers
- Consumes up to 25% less energy than the Core i7 5960X – 105 vs 140 Watt
- 23% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.3 GHz vs 3.5 GHz)
- 20% faster in a single-core Geekbench v5 test - 1075 vs 896 points
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
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Specifications
General
| Vendor | Intel | AMD |
| Released | August 29, 2014 | April 19, 2018 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| instruction set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Haswell E | Zen+ |
| Model number | i7-5960X | - |
| Socket | LGA-2011-3 | AM4 |
| Integrated GPU | No | No |
Performance
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Threads | 16 | 16 |
| Base Frequency | 3.0 GHz | 3.7 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency | 3.5 GHz | 4.3 GHz |
| Bus frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 30x | 37x |
| L1 Cache | 64K (per core) | 96K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 256K (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 20MB (shared) | 16MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | Yes |
Power
| Transistors | 2.6 billions | 4.8 billions |
| Fabrication process | 22 nm | 12 nm |
| TDP | 140 W | 105 W |
| Max. temperature | - | 85°C |
Memory support
| Memory types | DDR4-2133 | DDR4-2933 |
| Memory Size | 64 GB | 64 GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 4 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 68 GB/s | 43.71 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | Yes |
Misc
| Official site | Intel Core i7 5960X official page | AMD Ryzen 7 2700X official page |
| PCI Express Version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 40 | 20 |
| Extended instructions | SSE4.2, AVX-2 | - |
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