Intel Core i7-5960X vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D

Compare Intel Core X-series 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5000 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

5480 points

5702 points

4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6626 points

7868 points

18% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5078 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

4995 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4958 points

2% slightly better heavy workload score

4828 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

141.38 points

144.95 points

2% slightly higher Blender 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 GHz

3.00 GHz

0.03% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz

4 GHz

14% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

140 W

105 W

33% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

310th of 1,118

289th of 1,118

Family

The product line

Core X-series

Ryzen 5000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 August

2025 June

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1600

DDR4

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-5960X vs Ryzen 5 5500X3D specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 5500X3D is faster than the Core i7-5960X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-5960X in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-5960X has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 5500X3D has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5500X3D. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 5500X3D has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-5960X. Also, the Ryzen 5 5500X3D has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 5500X3D outputs less heat than Core i7-5960X 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 i7-5960X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.