Intel Core i7-3960X vs AMD Ryzen 5 7640HS

Compare Intel Core X-series 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7000 Series 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3693 points

6306 points

70% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4998 points

8479 points

69% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3261 points

5619 points

72% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3155 points

5454 points

72% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

69.62 points

163.82 points

135% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3209 points

9274 points

188% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

661 points

2302 points

248% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) 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

4.30 GHz

30% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz

5 GHz

28% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

130 W

54 W

140% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

464th of 1,089

235th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series

Ryzen 7000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2011 November

2023 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-3960X vs Ryzen 5 7640HS specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 7640HS is faster than the Core i7-3960X. Despite this, the Core i7-3960X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 7640HS has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3960X. Also, the Ryzen 5 7640HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 7640HS outputs less heat than Core i7-3960X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7-3960X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.