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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 9 3950X outperforms the cheaper Core i7-960 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Ryzen 9 3950X is 3688 days newer than the cheaper Core i7-960.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-960
- Up to 15% cheaper than Ryzen 9 3950X - €494.67 vs €579.7
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
- Performs up to 50% better in War Thunder than Core i7-960 - 198 vs 132 FPS
- Up to 22% better value when playing War Thunder than Core i7-960 - €2.93 vs €3.75 per FPS
- Consumes up to 19% less energy than Intel Core i7-960 - 105 vs 130 Watts
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-960 - 32 vs 8 threads
War Thunder
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Movie
Intel Corp. BX80601960 Core i7-960 processor
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Ryzen 9 3950X
Desktop • Nov 25th, 2019
FPS
198
100%
Value, €/FPS
€2.93/FPS
100%
Price, €
€579.7
85%
FPS and Value Winner
AMD Ryzen 9 3950x Retail (AM4/16 Core/4,70 GHz/70 MB/105 W) 100-100000051WOF
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Movie
Core i7-960
Desktop • Oct 20th, 2009
Ryzen 9 3950X
Desktop • Nov 25th, 2019
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i7-960 | vs | AMD Ryzen 9 3950X |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 20th, 2009 | Release Date | Nov 25th, 2019 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Ryzen 9 |
| Bloomfield | Codename | Matisse |
| Intel Socket 1366 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 16 |
| 8 | Threads | 32 |
| 3.2 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.5 GHz |
| 3.5 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.7 GHz |
| 130 W | TDP | 105 W |
| 45 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
| 24.0x | Multiplier | 35.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
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