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Intel Core i7-5960X vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900

Last updated: 2026-07-05

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 57 %

Intel Core i7-5960X

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen 9 5900

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 56 %

Intel Core i7-5960X

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen 9 5900

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 16T · 3.50 GHz

1,154

12C / 24T · 4.70 GHz

2,130

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 3.20 GHz

7,640

12C / 24T · 4.10 GHz

9,740

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 16T · 3.50 GHz

1,002

12C / 24T · 4.70 GHz

1,688

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 3.20 GHz

7,843

12C / 24T · 4.10 GHz

13,874

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 3.00 GHz

3,944

12C / 24T · 3.00 GHz

7,746

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

Monero Hashrate
94 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-5960X	AMD Ryzen 9 5900
Family	Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition (24)	AMD Ryzen 9 (43)
CPU group	Intel Core i 5000X (3)	AMD Ryzen 5000 (17)
Architecture	Haswell E	Vermeer (Zen 3)
Technology	22 nm	7 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 2011-3	AM4 (PGA 1331)
Predecessor	Intel Core i7-4960X	AMD Ryzen 9 3900
Successor		AMD Ryzen 9 7900

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-5960X	AMD Ryzen 9 5900
CPU Cores / Threads	8 / 16	12 / 24
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	8x	12x
Frequency:	3.00 GHz	3.00 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	3.50 GHz	4.70 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	3.20 GHz	4.10 GHz
L2-Cache		6.00 MB
L3-Cache	20.00 MB	64.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✓

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-5960X	AMD Ryzen 9 5900
GPU name	no iGPU	no iGPU
GPU frequency
CUs / Shader	/	/
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays
Max. GPU Memory
Technology
Release date

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-5960X	AMD Ryzen 9 5900
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-5960X	AMD Ryzen 9 5900
Memory	DDR4-2133 (68.2 GB/s)	DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory	64 GB	128 GB
Memory channels	4	2
ECC	No	Yes
PCIe	3.0 x 40	4.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth	39.4 GB/s	39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i7-5960X	AMD Ryzen 9 5900
TDP	140 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.		95 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-5960X	AMD Ryzen 9 5900
Chip design	Monolithic	Chiplet
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
Release date	Q3/2014	Q2/2021
Release price	829 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Core i7-5960X is 4.6 stars (18 ratings), while AMD Ryzen 9 5900 has received 4.4 stars (18 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i7-5960X
8C / 16T · 3.00 - 3.50 GHz

★★★★★

AMD Ryzen 9 5900
12C / 24T · 3.00 - 4.70 GHz

★★★★★