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Key Differences
In short — Core i7-5960X outperforms the cheaper Athlon 3000G on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Athlon 3000G is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i7-5960X is 1906 days older than the cheaper Athlon 3000G.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-5960X
- Performs up to 5% better in Need For Speed Unbound than Athlon 3000G - 139 vs 132 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Athlon 3000G - 16 vs 4 threads
Advantages of AMD Athlon 3000G
- Up to 47% cheaper than Core i7-5960X - €132.0 vs €247.36
- Up to 44% better value when playing Need For Speed Unbound than Core i7-5960X - €1.0 vs €1.78 per FPS
- Consumes up to 75% less energy than Intel Core i7-5960X - 35 vs 140 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i7-5960X doesn't have integrated graphics
Need For Speed Unbound
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1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Intel Core i7-5960X processore 3 GHz Scatola 20 MB
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AMD Athlon 3000G Processore con grafica Radeon Vega 3 (2C/4T, orologio base da 3,5 GHz)
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1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
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Core i7-5960X
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2014
Athlon 3000G
Desktop • Nov 20th, 2019
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i7-5960X | vs | AMD Athlon 3000G |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 1st, 2014 | Release Date | Nov 20th, 2019 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Athlon |
| Haswell E | Codename | Picasso |
| Intel Socket 2011-3 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
8 | Cores | 2 |
16 | Threads | 4 |
| 3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.5 GHz |
| 3.5 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 140 W | TDP | 35 W |
| 22 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 30.0x | Multiplier | 35.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | Radeon Vega 3 |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
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