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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 9 5950X outperforms the more expensive Core i7-5930K on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Ryzen 9 5950X is 2257 days newer than the more expensive Core i7-5930K.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
- Performs up to 15% better in Lost Ark than Core i7-5930K - 285 vs 248 FPS
- Up to 33% cheaper than Core i7-5930K - $369.0 vs $549.95
- Up to 42% better value when playing Lost Ark than Core i7-5930K - $1.29 vs $2.22 per FPS
- Consumes up to 25% less energy than Intel Core i7-5930K - 105 vs 140 Watts
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-5930K - 32 vs 12 threads
Lost Ark
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Intel Core i7-5930K Processor 3.5GHz 0GT/s 15MB LGA 2011-v3 CPU Only, BX80648I75930K
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Ryzen 9 5950X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
FPS
285
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.29/FPS
100%
Price, $
$369
100%
FPS and Value Winner
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-core, 32-thread unlocked desktop processor
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Core i7-5930K
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2014
Ryzen 9 5950X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i7-5930K | vs | AMD Ryzen 9 5950X |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 1st, 2014 | Release Date | Nov 5th, 2020 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Ryzen 9 |
| Haswell E | Codename | Vermeer |
| Intel Socket 2011-3 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 16 |
| 12 | Threads | 32 |
3.5 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.4 GHz |
| 3.7 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.9 GHz |
| 140 W | TDP | 105 W |
| 22 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
35.0x | Multiplier | 34.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Core i7-5930K or Ryzen 9 5950X
Lost Ark, 1920 x 1080, Very High
285 FPS
$12.63/FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
Ryzen 9 5950X
32 GB, N/A Storage
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191 FPS
$7.85/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Ryzen 9 5950X
32 GB, 512 GB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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178 FPS
$6.18/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Ryzen 9 5950X
32 GB, N/A Storage
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251 FPS
$9.56/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080
Ryzen 9 5950X
32 GB, 2 TB HDD
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229 FPS
$9.39/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
Ryzen 9 5950X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 3 TB HDD
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208 FPS
$7.45/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
Ryzen 9 5950X
32 GB, 512 GB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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183 FPS
$8.03/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Ryzen 9 5950X
32 GB, 512 GB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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$1,469.99
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212 FPS
$8.15/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
Ryzen 9 5950X
12 GB, N/A Storage
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208 FPS
$7.93/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
Ryzen 9 5950X
32 GB, 2 TB HDD
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217 FPS
$26.26/FPS
GeForce RTX 3090
Ryzen 9 5950X
32 GB, N/A Storage
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