Intel Core i7-5960X vs AMD Ryzen 5 6600H

Compare Intel Core X-series 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile 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
3% slightly better overall score
5291 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6552 points
7096 points
8% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5074 points
7% slightly better multitasking score
4729 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4955 points
7% slightly better heavy workload score
4589 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

141.38 points
9% slightly higher Blender score
129.09 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7412 points
7501 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1302 points
1825 points
40% slightly 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
3.30 GHz
10% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz
4.5 GHz
28% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

140 W
45 W
211% 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
311th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series
Ryzen 5 Mobile

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 August
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1600
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i7-5960X vs Ryzen 5 6600H specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 6600H 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.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-5960X has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 6600H that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 6600H. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 6600H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-5960X. Also, the Ryzen 5 6600H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 6600H 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.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7-5960X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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