AMD Ryzen 5 5500U vs Intel Core i7-3960X

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile 6 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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Intel Core i7-3960X

Price

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$ 844.78

$ 250.00

$ 594.78 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4357 points

17% slightly better overall score

3693 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6337 points

26% slightly better gaming score

4998 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3730 points

14% slightly better multitasking score

3261 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3577 points

13% slightly better heavy workload score

3155 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

90.31 points

29% slightly higher Blender score

69.62 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4587 points

36% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

3363 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1288 points

93% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

665 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4533 points

41% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3209 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1297 points

96% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

661 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

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

4 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

3.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W

766% significantly lower TDP

130 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

405th of 1,089

464th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Mobile

Core X-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 December

2011 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200

DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 5 5500U vs Core i7-3960X benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 5500U performs better than the Core i7-3960X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3960X in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-3960X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 5 5500U. A Ryzen 5 5500U 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.

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 Ryzen 5 5500U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.