AMD Ryzen 9 7900X vs Intel Core i7 5960X
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Sep 2022
Aug 2014
Manufacturer
AMD
Intel
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Raphael
Haswell E
Integrated Graphics
AMD Radeon™ Graphics
N/A
Processor Number
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i7-5960X
Package
Manufacturing Process
5 nm
22 nm
Socket
AM5
LGA-2011-3
Power Consumption
170 W
140 W
Peak Operating Temperature
95 °C
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Transistor Count
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2.6 billions
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
12
8
Performance Core Threads
24
16
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.7 GHz
3.0 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5.6 GHz
3.5 GHz
Total Core Count
12
8
Total Thread Count
24
16
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
47x
30x
L2 Cache
12 MB shared
256 K per core
L3 Cache
64 MB shared
20 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
L1 Cache
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64 K per core
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-5200
DDR4-2133
Max Memory Size
128 GB
64 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
4
Max Memory Bandwidth
83.2 GB/s
68 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
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No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
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Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
5.0
3.0
PCIe Lanes
24
40
Extended Instruction Set
—
SSE4.2, AVX-2
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
2,033
1,057
Cinebench R23
29,242
9,850
Geekbench 6
2,942
1,244
Geekbench 5
2,277
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Geekbench 6
19,092
6,669
Geekbench 5
20,503
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Passmark CPU
4,317
1,963
Passmark CPU
52,013
12,655
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.