Intel Core i7-5960X vs AMD Ryzen 7 7730U

Compare Intel Core X-series 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 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
0.79% slightly better overall score
5419 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6552 points
6732 points
2% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5074 points
1% slightly better multitasking score
5010 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4955 points
1% slightly better heavy workload score
4902 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

141.38 points
8% slightly higher Blender score
130.22 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7412 points
19% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
6209 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1302 points
1630 points
25% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
Identical
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
Identical
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz
49% significantly higher clock speed
2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz
4.5 GHz
28% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

140 W
15 W
833% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

4
100% significantly more memory channels
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

298th of 1,089
302nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series
Ryzen 7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 August
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1600
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i7-5960X vs Ryzen 7 7730U comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 7730U performs better than the Core i7-5960X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-5960X 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. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-5960X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 7 7730U.

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.

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