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Core i7-860 vs Ryzen 9 5950X

Core i7-860 vs Ryzen 9 5950X: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Ryzen 9 5950X outperforms Core i7-860 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 9 5950X is 4076 days newer than Core i7-860.

Advantages of Core i7-860

  • Consumes up to 10% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 5950X - 95 vs 105 Watts

Advantages of Ryzen 9 5950X

  • Performs up to 7% better in Dishonored 2 than Core i7-860 - 272 vs 255 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-860 - 32 vs 8 threads
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Dishonored 2

Dishonored 2

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Very High

Intel Core i7-860 Logo
Core i7-860

Desktop • Sep 8th, 2009


FPS

255

94%

Value, $/FPS

Price, $

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Logo
Ryzen 9 5950X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020


FPS

272

100%

Value, $/FPS

$1.26/FPS

100%

Price, $

$343.99

100%

FPS and Value Winner

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-core, 32-thread unlocked desktop processor

Buy for $343.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 19 minutes ago

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Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Very High

Intel Core i7-860 Logo
Core i7-860

Desktop • Sep 8th, 2009

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Logo
Ryzen 9 5950X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i7-860 Logo
Core i7-860

Desktop • Sep 8th, 2009


Single-Core

446

20%

Multi-Core

1463

12%

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Logo
Ryzen 9 5950X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020


Single-Core

2189

100%

Multi-Core

12159

100%

Intel Core i7-860 Logo

Core i7-860

vs
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Logo

Ryzen 9 5950X

Sep 8th, 2009Release Date
Nov 5th, 2020
Core i7CollectionRyzen 9
LynnfieldCodenameVermeer
Intel Socket 1156SocketAMD Socket AM4
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
4Cores
16
8Threads
32
2.8 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.4 GHz
3.5 GHzTurbo Clock Speed
4.9 GHz
95 W
TDP105 W
45 nmProcess Size
7 nm
21.0xMultiplier
34.0x
NoneIntegrated GraphicsNone
NoOverclockable
Yes

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