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

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

3% slightly better overall score

5252 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6552 points

7216 points

10% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5074 points

9% slightly better multitasking score

4621 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4955 points

10% slightly better heavy workload score

4465 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

141.38 points

172.19 points

21% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7412 points

8481 points

14% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1302 points

2104 points

61% 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

3.50 GHz

16% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz

4.9 GHz

40% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

140 W

28 W

400% 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

317th 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 May

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 7640U specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-5960X performs better than the Ryzen 5 7640U. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7640U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

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 7640U that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7640U. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 7640U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-5960X. Also, the Ryzen 5 7640U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 7640U 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.