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AMD FX-7500 vs Intel Core i7-5960X
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
AMD FX-7500
34 %
4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz
Intel Core i7-5960X
100 %
8C / 16T · 3.50 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
AMD FX-7500
11 %
4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz
Intel Core i7-5960X
100 %
8C / 16T · 3.20 GHz
More benchmarks
Cinebench 2024 (SC)
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Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
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Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
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Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
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FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
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PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
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Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries
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CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries
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Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries
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Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries
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Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries
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Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries
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Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries
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Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries
837 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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AMD FX-7500 | Intel Core i7-5960X |
|---|---|---|
| Family | AMD FX (30) | Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition (24) |
| CPU group | AMD FX-7000 (2) | Intel Core i 5000X (3) |
| Architecture | Kaveri (Steamroller) | Haswell E |
| Technology | 28 nm | 22 nm |
| Segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Socket | FM2+ | LGA 2011-3 |
| Predecessor | Intel Core i7-4960X | |
| Successor |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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AMD FX-7500 | Intel Core i7-5960X |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 4 / 4 | 8 / 16 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✓ |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Cores: | 4x | 8x |
| Frequency: | 2.10 GHz | 3.00 GHz |
| Turbo (1 Core): | 3.30 GHz | 3.50 GHz |
| Turbo (All Cores): | 3.30 GHz | 3.20 GHz |
| L2-Cache | ||
| L3-Cache | 4.00 MB | 20.00 MB |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✓ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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AMD FX-7500 | Intel Core i7-5960X |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Kaveri) | no iGPU |
| GPU frequency | 0.55 GHz | |
| CUs / Shader | 8 / 512 | / |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 2 | |
| Max. GPU Memory | 2 GB | |
| Technology | 28 nm | |
| Release date | Q1/2014 |
NPU AI performance
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AMD FX-7500 | Intel Core i7-5960X |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | ||
| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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AMD FX-7500 | Intel Core i7-5960X |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s) | DDR4-2133 (68.2 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 64 GB | |
| Memory channels | 2 | 4 |
| ECC | Yes | No |
| PCIe | 3.0 x 40 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 39.4 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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AMD FX-7500 | Intel Core i7-5960X |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 19 W | 140 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. |
Technical details
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Wischen
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AMD FX-7500 | Intel Core i7-5960X |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Unknown | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | Windows 10, Linux | Windows 10, Linux |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4 | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 |
| Release date | Q2/2014 | Q3/2014 |
| Release price | 829 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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