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

5480 points

2% slightly better overall score

5368 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6626 points

6635 points

0.14% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5078 points

2% slightly better multitasking score

4972 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4958 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

4862 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

141.38 points

8% slightly higher Blender score

130.22 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7412 points

19% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

6209 points

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

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

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

100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

310th of 1,118

318th of 1,118

Family

The product line

Core X-series

Ryzen 7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 August

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 7 7730U comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-5960X performs better than the Ryzen 7 7730U. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 7730U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

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. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 7730U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 7730U 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.