Intel Core i7-5960X vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650G

Compare Intel Core X-series 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4000 Series 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

2% slightly better overall score

5333 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6552 points

7406 points

13% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5074 points

8% slightly better multitasking score

4663 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4955 points

9% slightly better heavy workload score

4507 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8668 points

27% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

6809 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

141.38 points

10% slightly higher Blender score

127.97 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7331 points

17% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

6221 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1235 points

1526 points

23% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7412 points

21% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

6107 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1302 points

1564 points

20% slightly 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

3.70 GHz

23% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz

4.2 GHz

20% 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

100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

298th of 1,089

308th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series

Ryzen 5 PRO 4000 Series Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 August

2020 July

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1600

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-5960X vs Ryzen 5 PRO 4650G comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-5960X is faster than the Ryzen 5 PRO 4650G. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 PRO 4650G 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 PRO 4650G that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 PRO 4650G. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 PRO 4650G has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-5960X. Also, the Ryzen 5 PRO 4650G has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 PRO 4650G 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.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-5960X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.