Intel Core i7-5960X vs AMD Ryzen AI 5 340

Compare Intel Core X-series 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen AI 300 Series 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
0.40% slightly better overall score
5440 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6552 points
7698 points
17% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5074 points
6% slightly better multitasking score
4785 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4955 points
6% slightly better heavy workload score
4637 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

141.38 points
152.57 points
7% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7412 points
9225 points
24% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1302 points
2369 points
81% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
33% slightly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

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
4.8 GHz
37% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

140 W
28 W
400% 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
299th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series
Ryzen AI 300 Series

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
DDR5

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i7-5960X vs Ryzen AI 5 340 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-5960X is faster than the Ryzen AI 5 340. Despite this, the Ryzen AI 5 340 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-5960X has slightly more cores than the Ryzen AI 5 340. Indeed, the Core i7-5960X has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen AI 5 340. It also has more threads than the Ryzen AI 5 340. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-5960X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen AI 5 340. Despite this, the Ryzen AI 5 340 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen AI 5 340 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.

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