AMD Ryzen 5 3550H vs Intel Core i7-3960X

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile with Radeon Vega Graphics 4 core CPU vs Intel Core X-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

2822 points

3693 points

30% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4389 points

4998 points

13% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2350 points

3261 points

38% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2256 points

3155 points

39% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

52.83 points

69.62 points

31% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2842 points

3363 points

18% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

947 points

42% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

665 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2861 points

3209 points

12% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

944 points

42% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

661 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz

3.3 GHz

57% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz

3.9 GHz

5% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W

271% significantly lower TDP

130 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

566th of 1,089

464th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Mobile with Radeon Vega Graphics

Core X-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 January

2011 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 5 3550H vs Core i7-3960X specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-3960X is faster than the Ryzen 5 3550H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 3550H in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-3960X has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 3550H has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 3550H. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-3960X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 3550H. Also, the Core i7-3960X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 3550H CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-3960X 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. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3550H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.