AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT vs Intel Core i7-5960X

Ryzen 9 3900XT vs Core i7-5960X specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 3900XT 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.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 3900XT has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Core i7-5960X has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-5960X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 3900XT has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-5960X. Also, the Ryzen 9 3900XT has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 9 3900XT 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 9 3900XT has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.