Intel Core i7-5960X vs AMD Ryzen 7 6800HS

Compare Intel Core X-series 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 Mobile 8 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

6121 points

12% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6552 points

7345 points

12% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5074 points

5722 points

12% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4955 points

5608 points

13% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8668 points

9191 points

6% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

141.38 points

173.81 points

22% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7331 points

8702 points

18% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1235 points

1841 points

49% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7412 points

8623 points

16% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1302 points

1810 points

39% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz

3.20 GHz

6% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz

4.7 GHz

34% 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

244th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series

Ryzen 7 Mobile

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 August

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 7 6800HS comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-5960X performs better than the Ryzen 7 6800HS. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 6800HS in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 6800HS has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-5960X. Also, the Ryzen 7 6800HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 6800HS 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.