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Intel Core i7-960 vs AMD Ryzen 5 7600X

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 24 %
Intel Core i7-960
Rank 1 - 100 %
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 18 %
Intel Core i7-960
Rank 1 - 100 %
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i7-960
4C / 8T · 3.46 GHz
610
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
6C / 12T · 5.30 GHz
2,846
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i7-960
4C / 8T · 3.20 GHz
2,130
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
6C / 12T · 5.30 GHz
12,714
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Core i7-960
4C / 8T · 3.46 GHz
576
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
6C / 12T · 5.30 GHz
2,197
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i7-960
4C / 8T · 3.20 GHz
2,370
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
6C / 12T · 5.30 GHz
11,874
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i7-960
4C / 8T · 3.20 GHz
1,503
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
6C / 12T · 4.70 GHz
6,276

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Intel Core i7-960AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
FamilyIntel Core i7 (300)AMD Ryzen 5 (100)
CPU groupIntel Core i7 900 (7)AMD Ryzen 7000 (18)
ArchitectureBloomfieldRaphael (Zen 4)
Technology45 nm5 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketLGA 1366AM5 (LGA 1718)
PredecessorAMD Ryzen 5 5600X
SuccessorAMD Ryzen 5 9600X

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i7-960AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
CPU Cores / Threads4 / 86 / 12
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 4x 6x
Frequency: 3.20 GHz 4.70 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 3.46 GHz 5.30 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 5.30 GHz
L2-Cache1.00 MB6.00 MB
L3-Cache8.00 MB32.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i7-960AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
GPU nameno iGPUAMD Radeon Graphics (Raphael)
GPU frequency0.40 - 2.20 GHz
CUs / Shader / 2 / 128
Raytracing
Max. displays3
Max. GPU Memory8 GB
Technology5 nm
Release dateQ3/2022

NPU AI performance

Wischen
Intel Core i7-960AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i7-960AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
MemoryDDR3-1066 (25.6 GB/s)
DDR5-5200 (83.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory24 GB128 GB
Memory channels32
ECCNoYes
PCIe5.0 x 24
PCIe Bandwidth94.5 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i7-960AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
TDP130 W105 W
TDP (PL2)142 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.95 °C

Technical details

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Intel Core i7-960AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
Chip designMonolithicChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512
Release dateQ4/2009Q4/2022
Release price305 $299 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i7-960
Intel Core i7-960
4C / 8T · 3.20 - 3.46 GHz
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
6C / 12T · 4.70 - 5.30 GHz

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Intel Core i7-960
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