AMD Ryzen 5 3500 vs Intel Core i7-5960X

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel Core X-series 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

4057 points

5462 points

34% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6490 points

6552 points

0.96% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3294 points

5074 points

54% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3162 points

4955 points

56% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4797 points

8668 points

80% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

85.14 points

141.38 points

66% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5320 points

7331 points

37% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1456 points

17% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1235 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5422 points

7412 points

36% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1517 points

16% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1302 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

166% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

20% slightly higher clock speed

3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz

17% slightly higher turbo speed

3.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

115% significantly lower TDP

140 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

430th of 1,089

298th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop

Core X-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR4-1600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 5 3500 vs Core i7-5960X benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-5960X performs better than the Ryzen 5 3500. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 3500 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-5960X has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 3500 that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 3500. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 3500 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-5960X. A Ryzen 5 3500 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-5960X CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. For instance, the Ryzen 5 3500 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.