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

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

32% slightly better overall score

4132 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6552 points

9% slightly better gaming score

5983 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5074 points

42% significantly better multitasking score

3549 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4955 points

44% significantly better heavy workload score

3422 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

141.38 points

57% significantly higher Blender score

89.80 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7331 points

56% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

4683 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1235 points

1316 points

6% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7412 points

62% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

4568 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1302 points

1316 points

1% 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

42% much higher clock speed

2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz

4 GHz

14% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

140 W

15 W

833% significantly lower TDP

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

298th of 1,089

425th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series

Ryzen 5 PRO 4000 Series Mobile

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 August

2020 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1600

DDR4-3200

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 4650U specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-5960X is faster than the Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-5960X has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-5960X has a much higher clock speed than the Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U. The Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U 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.