Intel Core i7-5960X vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5650GE

Compare Intel Core X-series 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5000 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

5305 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6552 points

7718 points

17% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5074 points

11% slightly better multitasking score

4564 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4955 points

12% slightly better heavy workload score

4406 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

141.38 points

12% slightly higher Blender score

125.92 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7412 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

7066 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1302 points

1942 points

49% 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

3.40 GHz

13% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz

4.4 GHz

25% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

140 W

35 W

300% 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

310th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series

Ryzen 5 PRO 5000 Series Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 August

2021 June

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 5650GE specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-5960X beats the Ryzen 5 PRO 5650GE in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 PRO 5650GE 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 PRO 5650GE has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 PRO 5650GE. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 PRO 5650GE has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-5960X. Also, the Ryzen 5 PRO 5650GE has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 PRO 5650GE 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.