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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 23% better in Starfield than Core i7-5960X - 69 vs 56 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
Starfield
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition i7-5960X Octa-core (8 Core) 3 GHz Processor - Socket LGA 2011-v3Retail Pack
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Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i7-5960X
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2014
Ryzen 9 5900
Desktop • Jan 12th, 2021
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i7-5960X
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2014
Single-Core
1274
62.085769980506825%
Multi-Core
7389
74.90116573745566%
Intel Core i7-5960X | vs | AMD Ryzen 9 5900 |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 1st, 2014 | Release Date | Jan 12th, 2021 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Ryzen 9 |
| Haswell E | Codename | Vermeer |
| Intel Socket 2011-3 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 8 | Cores | 12 |
| 16 | Threads | 24 |
| 3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.0 GHz |
| 3.5 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.7 GHz |
| 140 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 22 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
| 30.0x | Multiplier | 30.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Core i7-5960X or Ryzen 9 5900
Starfield, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
8 FPS
$200/FPS
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Ryzen 9 5900
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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Ryzen 9 5900
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Radeon RX 6700 XT
Ryzen 9 5900
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GeForce RTX 3080
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GeForce RTX 3080
Ryzen 9 5900
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$51.26/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
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