AMD Ryzen 9 5900X vs Intel Core i7-860

Ryzen 9 5900X vs Core i7-860 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 5900X is faster than the Core i7-860. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-860 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 5900X has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Core i7-860 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-860. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5900X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-860. Also, the Ryzen 9 5900X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-860 outputs less heat than Ryzen 9 5900X thanks to a 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 5900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.