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Intel Core i7-960 vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX

Last updated: 2026-06-04

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 33 %

Intel Core i7-960

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 7 %

Intel Core i7-960

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 3.46 GHz

610

64C / 128T · 4.50 GHz

2,054

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 3.20 GHz

2,130

64C / 128T · 3.20 GHz

20,165

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

4C / 8T · 3.46 GHz

576

64C / 128T · 4.50 GHz

1,604

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

4C / 8T · 3.20 GHz

2,370

64C / 128T · 3.20 GHz

42,350

More benchmarks

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-960	AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX
Family	Intel Core i7 (300)	AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO (20)
CPU group	Intel Core i7 900 (7)	AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5000 (5)
Architecture	Bloomfield	Chagall (Zen 3)
Technology	45 nm	7 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1366	WRX8 (sWRX8)
Predecessor		AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX
Successor		AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-960	AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX
CPU Cores / Threads	4 / 8	64 / 128
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	4x	64x
Frequency:	3.20 GHz	2.70 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	3.46 GHz	4.50 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):		3.20 GHz
L2-Cache	1.00 MB	32.00 MB
L3-Cache	8.00 MB	256.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-960	AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX
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 i7-960	AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-960	AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX
Memory	DDR3-1066 (25.6 GB/s)	DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory	24 GB	2048 GB
Memory channels	3	8
ECC	No	Yes
PCIe		4.0 x 128
PCIe Bandwidth		252.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i7-960	AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX
TDP	130 W	280 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.		95 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-960	AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX
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	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
Release date	Q4/2009	Q1/2022
Release price	305 $
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 i7-960 is 3.9 stars (8 ratings), while AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX has received 4.2 stars (16 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i7-960
4C / 8T · 3.20 - 3.46 GHz

★★★★★

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX
64C / 128T · 2.70 - 4.50 GHz

★★★★★