Intel Core i7-3960X vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X

Compare Intel Core X-series 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO Desktop 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

Benchmark Score
Other Benchmarks
Specifications
Comments (0)
Popular Comparisons

CPU Comparison

Quickly search and compare processors

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3693 points

2% slightly better overall score

3588 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4998 points

5548 points

11% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3261 points

9% slightly better multitasking score

2965 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3155 points

9% slightly better heavy workload score

2883 points

Free CPU Benchmark

Want to compare your processor against the Core i7-3960X and the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X? Download our free and quick PC Performance Test.

Download CPU Benchmark

Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

69.62 points

137.16 points

97% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3363 points

6064 points

80% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

665 points

903 points

35% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3209 points

5310 points

65% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

661 points

1071 points

62% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz

3.4 GHz

3% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

3.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

130 W

95 W

36% slightly 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

476th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series

Ryzen 7 PRO Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2011 November

2017 June

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-3960X vs Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-3960X is faster than the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i7-3960X has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-3960X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3960X. Despite this, the Core i7-3960X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X outputs less heat than Core i7-3960X thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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.