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In short — Core i7-5960X outperforms Ryzen 5 1500X on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i7-5960X is 953 days older than Ryzen 5 1500X.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-5960X
- Performs up to 4% better in Rust than Ryzen 5 1500X - 189 vs 182 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 5 1500X - 16 vs 8 threads
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
- Consumes up to 54% less energy than Intel Core i7-5960X - 65 vs 140 Watts
Rust
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AMD Ryzen 5 1500X Processor with Wraith Spire Cooler (YD150XBBAEBOX)
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Core i7-5960X
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2014
Ryzen 5 1500X
Desktop • Apr 11th, 2017
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Ryzen 5 1500X
Desktop • Apr 11th, 2017
Single-Core
1104
86.65620094191523%
Multi-Core
3644
49.31655163080254%
Intel Core i7-5960X | vs | AMD Ryzen 5 1500X |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 1st, 2014 | Release Date | Apr 11th, 2017 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Ryzen 5 |
| Haswell E | Codename | Summit Ridge |
| Intel Socket 2011-3 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
8 | Cores | 4 |
16 | Threads | 8 |
| 3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.5 GHz |
| 3.5 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 3.7 GHz |
| 140 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 22 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 30.0x | Multiplier | 35.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
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