AMD Ryzen 9 3950X vs Intel Core i7 5960X
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Nov 2019
Aug 2014
Manufacturer
AMD
Intel
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Zen 2
Haswell E
Integrated Graphics
N/A
N/A
Processor Number
-
i7-5960X
Package
Transistor Count
3.8 billions
2.6 billions
Manufacturing Process
7 nm
22 nm
Socket
AM4
LGA-2011-3
Power Consumption
105 W
140 W
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
16
8
Performance Core Threads
32
16
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.5 GHz
3.0 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.7 GHz
3.5 GHz
Total Core Count
16
8
Total Thread Count
32
16
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
35x
30x
L1 Cache
64 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
512 K per core
256 K per core
L3 Cache
64 MB shared
20 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-3200
DDR4-2133
Max Memory Size
128 GB
64 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
4
Max Memory Bandwidth
47.68 GB/s
68 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
No
Miscellaneous
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,349
1,057
Cinebench R23
24,396
9,850
Geekbench 6
1,709
1,244
Geekbench 6
11,656
6,669
Cinebench 2024
72
-
Cinebench 2024
1,325
-
Passmark CPU
2,692
1,963
Passmark CPU
38,953
12,655