Intel Core i7 5960X vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Aug 2014
Jun 2025
Manufacturer
Intel
Amd
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Haswell E
Zen 3 (Vermeer)
Processor Number
i7-5960X
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Integrated Graphics
N/A
No
Generation
-
Ryzen 5 (Zen 3 (Vermeer))
Package
Transistor Count
2.6 billions
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Manufacturing Process
22 nm
7 nm
Socket
LGA-2011-3
AM4
Power Consumption
140 W
105 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
-
142 W
Peak Operating Temperature
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90 °C
Foundry
-
TSMC
Die Size
-
74 mm²
I/O Process Size
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12 nm
I/O Die Size
-
125 mm²
Package
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µOPGA-1331
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
8
6
Performance Core Threads
16
12
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.0 GHz
3.0 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.5 GHz
4 GHz
Total Core Count
8
6
Total Thread Count
16
12
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
30x
30
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
96 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
SMP
-
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2133
DDR4-3200
Max Memory Size
64 GB
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
4
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
68 GB/s
51.2 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Miscellaneous
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,057
1,379
Cinebench R23
9,850
9,804
Geekbench 6
1,244
1,932
Geekbench 6
6,669
8,204
Passmark CPU
1,963
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Passmark CPU
12,655
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