AMD Ryzen 5 5500U vs Intel Core i7 5960X
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Jan 2021
Aug 2014
Manufacturer
AMD
Intel
Type
Laptop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Lucienne
Haswell E
Integrated Graphics
Radeon RX Vega 7
N/A
Processor Number
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i7-5960X
Package
Manufacturing Process
7 nm
22 nm
Socket
FP6
LGA-2011-3
Power Consumption
10-25 W
140 W
Peak Operating Temperature
105 °C
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Transistor Count
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2.6 billions
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
6
8
Performance Core Threads
12
16
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.1 GHz
3.0 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4 GHz
3.5 GHz
Total Core Count
6
8
Total Thread Count
12
16
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
21x
30x
L1 Cache
64 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
512 K per core
256 K per core
L3 Cache
8 MB shared
20 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-3200, LPDDR4-4266
DDR4-2133
Max Memory Size
32 GB
64 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
4
Max Memory Bandwidth
51.2 GB/s
68 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
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GPU Base Frequency
300 MHz
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GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1800 MHz
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Shader Units
448
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Texture Units
28
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Raster Operation Units
7
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Power Consumption
10-45 W
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Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
3.0
PCIe Lanes
12
40
Extended Instruction Set
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SSE4.2, AVX-2
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,168
1,057
Cinebench R23
7,059
9,850
Geekbench 6
1,445
1,244
Geekbench 5
1,106
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Geekbench 6
5,919
6,669
Geekbench 5
4,917
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Blender
95
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Passmark CPU
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1,963
Passmark CPU
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12,655
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.