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In short — Ryzen 9 5900 outperforms Core i7-5960X on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 9 5900 is 2325 days newer than Core i7-5960X.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5900
- Performs up to 19% better in Rust than Core i7-5960X - 225 vs 189 FPS
- Consumes up to 54% less energy than Intel Core i7-5960X - 65 vs 140 Watts
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-5960X - 24 vs 16 threads
Rust
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition i7-5960X Octa-core (8 Core) 3 GHz Processor
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Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Ryzen 9 5900
Desktop • Jan 12th, 2021
Core i7-5960X
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2014
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i7-5960X
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2014
Single-Core
1274
62.085769980506825%
Multi-Core
7389
74.90116573745566%
AMD Ryzen 9 5900 | vs | Intel Core i7-5960X |
|---|---|---|
Jan 12th, 2021 | Release Date | Sep 1st, 2014 |
| Ryzen 9 | Collection | Core i7 |
| Vermeer | Codename | Haswell E |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | Intel Socket 2011-3 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
12 | Cores | 8 |
24 | Threads | 16 |
| 3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.0 GHz |
4.7 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 3.5 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 140 W |
7 nm | Process Size | 22 nm |
| 30.0x | Multiplier | 30.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Ryzen 9 5900 or Core i7-5960X
Rust, 1920 x 1080, High
60 FPS
$23.32/FPS
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Ryzen 9 5900
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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Ryzen 9 5900
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$12.09/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
Ryzen 9 5900
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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124 FPS
$26.47/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
Ryzen 9 5900
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