AMD Ryzen 5 1600 vs Intel Core i9 7960X
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Apr 2017
Sep 2017
Manufacturer
AMD
Intel
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Zen
Skylake
Integrated Graphics
N/A
N/A
Processor Number
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i9-7960X
Package
Transistor Count
4.8 billions
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Manufacturing Process
14 nm
14 nm
Socket
AM4
LGA-2066
Power Consumption
65 W
165 W
Peak Operating Temperature
95 °C
98 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
6
16
Performance Core Threads
12
32
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.2 GHz
2.8 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.6 GHz
4.2 GHz
Total Core Count
6
16
Total Thread Count
12
32
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
32x
28x
L1 Cache
96 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
512 K per core
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
16 MB shared
22 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
Yes
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2666
DDR4-2666
Max Memory Size
64 GB
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
4
Max Memory Bandwidth
39.74 GB/s
79.47 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
No
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
3.0
PCIe Lanes
20
44
Extended Instruction Set
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SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
898
1,099
Cinebench R23
6,168
22,189
Geekbench 6
1,144
1,313
Geekbench 5
924
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Geekbench 6
5,129
9,066
Geekbench 5
5,065
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Blender
115
—
Passmark CPU
2,060
2,489
Passmark CPU
12,279
26,917
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.