AMD Ryzen 7 1800X vs Intel Core i7-5960X

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 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

5542 points

1% slightly better overall score

5480 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6612 points

6626 points

0.21% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5172 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

5078 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5056 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

4958 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4496 points

8668 points

92% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

141.60 points

0.16% slightly higher Blender score

141.38 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5675 points

7331 points

29% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1118 points

1235 points

10% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5693 points

7412 points

30% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1144 points

1302 points

13% 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

3.6 GHz

20% slightly higher clock speed

3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz

14% slightly higher turbo speed

3.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

47% 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

305th of 1,118

310th of 1,118

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop

Core X-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February

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 7 1800X vs Core i7-5960X specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 1800X beats the Core i7-5960X in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-5960X 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 Ryzen 7 1800X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-5960X. Also, the Ryzen 7 1800X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 1800X 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.

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 7 1800X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.