Intel Core i7-3960X vs AMD Ryzen 5 6600HS Creator Edition

Compare Intel Core X-series 6 core CPU vs AMD 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i7-3960X

AMD Ryzen 5 6600HS Creator Edition

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3693 points

13% slightly better overall score

3249 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4998 points

11% slightly better gaming score

4467 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3261 points

13% slightly better multitasking score

2880 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3155 points

13% slightly better heavy workload score

2792 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

69.62 points

104.16 points

49% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz

3.30 GHz

0.03% slightly higher clock speed

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

464th of 1,089

505th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2011 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-3960X vs Ryzen 5 6600HS Creator Edition comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-3960X is faster than the Ryzen 5 6600HS Creator Edition. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 6600HS Creator Edition has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 6600HS Creator Edition has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3960X.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-3960X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.