Intel Core i7-5960X vs AMD Ryzen 5 7640HS

Compare Intel Core X-series 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7000 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

5462 points

6306 points

15% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6552 points

8479 points

29% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5074 points

5619 points

10% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4955 points

5454 points

10% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

141.38 points

163.82 points

15% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7412 points

9274 points

25% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1302 points

2302 points

76% 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 GHz

4.30 GHz

43% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz

5 GHz

42% much higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

140 W

54 W

159% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

298th of 1,089

235th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series

Ryzen 7000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 August

2023 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1600

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-5960X vs Ryzen 5 7640HS comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-5960X is faster than the Ryzen 5 7640HS. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7640HS has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-5960X has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 7640HS has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7640HS. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 7640HS has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-5960X. Also, the Ryzen 5 7640HS has a much higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 7640HS 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.