AMD Ryzen 7 2700X vs Intel Core i7-5960X

Ryzen 7 2700X vs Core i7-5960X comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 2700X beats the Core i7-5960X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-5960X in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 2700X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-5960X. Also, the Ryzen 7 2700X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 2700X CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-5960X CPU because of its slightly 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 2700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.