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

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5459 points
5695 points
4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6561 points
7851 points
19% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5070 points
1% slightly better multitasking score
4991 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4952 points
2% slightly better heavy workload score
4825 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

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

8
33% slightly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

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

4
100% significantly more memory channels
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

309th of 1,109
287th of 1,109

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

No
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