AMD Ryzen 7 4700U vs Intel Core i7-5960X

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Mobile 8 core CPU vs Intel Core X-series 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

Benchmark Score
Other Benchmarks
Specifications
Comments (0)
Popular Comparisons

CPU Comparison

Quickly search and compare processors

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4283 points

5462 points

27% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6364 points

6552 points

2% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3616 points

5074 points

40% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3464 points

4955 points

43% significantly better heavy workload score

Free CPU Benchmark

Want to compare your processor against the Ryzen 7 4700U and the Core i7-5960X? Download our free and quick PC Performance Test.

Download CPU Benchmark

Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

86.75 points

141.38 points

62% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4973 points

7331 points

47% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1368 points

10% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1235 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4938 points

7412 points

50% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1356 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1302 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2 GHz

3 GHz

49% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz

20% slightly higher turbo speed

3.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W

833% significantly lower TDP

140 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

411th of 1,089

298th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Mobile

Core X-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 June

2014 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200

DDR4-1600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 7 4700U vs Core i7-5960X specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-5960X performs better than the Ryzen 7 4700U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 4700U in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-5960X has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-5960X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 4700U. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 4700U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 4700U 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. For instance, the Ryzen 7 4700U has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.