Intel Core i7 5960X vs AMD Ryzen 3 4100
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Aug 2014
Apr 2022
Manufacturer
Intel
Amd
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Haswell E
Zen 2 (Renoir)
Processor Number
i7-5960X
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Integrated Graphics
N/A
No
Generation
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Ryzen 3 (Zen 2 (Renoir))
Package
Transistor Count
2.6 billions
9.8 billions
Manufacturing Process
22 nm
7 nm
Socket
LGA-2011-3
AM4
Power Consumption
140 W
45-65 W
Peak Operating Temperature
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95 °C
Foundry
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TSMC
Die Size
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156 mm²
Package
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µOPGA-1331
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
8
4
Performance Core Threads
16
8
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.0 GHz
3.8 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.5 GHz
4 GHz
Total Core Count
8
4
Total Thread Count
16
8
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
30x
38
L1 Cache
64 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
512 K per core
L3 Cache
20 MB shared
8 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Yes
SMP
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1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2133
DDR4-3200
Max Memory Size
64 GB
64 GB
Max Memory Channels
4
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
68 GB/s
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ECC Memory Support
No
No
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
3.0
PCIe Lanes
40
8
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.2, AVX-2
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Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,057
1,146
Cinebench R23
9,850
6,064
Geekbench 6
1,244
1,538
Geekbench 6
6,669
5,052
Passmark CPU
1,963
2,525
Passmark CPU
12,655
11,022
Geekbench 5
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1,167
Geekbench 5
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4,580
Blender
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77
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.