Intel Core i7-3960X vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3350G

Compare Intel Core X-series 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3000 Series Desktop 4 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

3871 points

4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4998 points

5312 points

6% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3261 points

3476 points

6% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3155 points

3483 points

10% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

69.62 points

29% slightly higher Blender score

53.55 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz

3.8 GHz

15% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz

4 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

130 W

65 W

100% 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

447th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series

Ryzen 5 PRO 3000 Series Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2011 November

2020 July

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-3960X vs Ryzen 5 PRO 3350G specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 PRO 3350G beats the Core i7-3960X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3960X in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-3960X has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 PRO 3350G that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 PRO 3350G. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 PRO 3350G has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-3960X.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-3960X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.