Intel Core i7-5960X vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600

Compare Intel Core X-series 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 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

5462 points
6267 points
14% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6552 points
8333 points
27% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5074 points
5604 points
10% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4955 points
5431 points
9% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8668 points
53% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
5664 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

141.38 points
150.92 points
6% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7331 points
8330 points
13% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1235 points
1980 points
60% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7412 points
8600 points
16% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1302 points
2052 points
57% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) 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
3.50 GHz
16% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz
4.4 GHz
25% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

140 W
65 W
115% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

4
100% significantly more memory channels
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

298th of 1,089
237th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series
Ryzen 5 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 August
2022 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1600
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i7-5960X vs Ryzen 5 5600 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 5600 beats the Core i7-5960X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-5960X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-5960X has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 5600. Indeed, the Core i7-5960X has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 5600. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5600. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 5600 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-5960X. Also, the Ryzen 5 5600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 5600 outputs less heat than Core i7-5960X thanks to a significantly 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.

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