Intel Core i7 5960X vs AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Aug 2014
Apr 2025
Manufacturer
Intel
Amd
Type
Desktop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Haswell E
Zen 4 (Dragon Range)
Processor Number
i7-5960X
-
Integrated Graphics
N/A
Radeon 610M
Generation
-
Ryzen 9 (Zen 4 (Dragon Range))
Package
Transistor Count
2.6 billions
13.14 billions
Manufacturing Process
22 nm
5 nm
Socket
LGA-2011-3
FL1
Power Consumption
140 W
55 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
-
75 W
Peak Operating Temperature
-
100 °C
Foundry
-
TSMC
Die Size
-
2x71 mm²
I/O Process Size
-
6 nm
I/O Die Size
-
122 mm²
Package
-
µFC-BGAFL1
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
8
16
Performance Core Threads
16
32
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.0 GHz
2.5 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.5 GHz
5.4 GHz
Total Core Count
8
16
Total Thread Count
16
32
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
30x
24
L1 Cache
64 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
20 MB shared
64 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Yes
SMP
-
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2133
DDR5-5200
Max Memory Size
64 GB
-
Max Memory Channels
4
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
68 GB/s
-
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Miscellaneous
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
-
true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
-
2200 MHz
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,057
2,001
Cinebench R23
9,850
34,973
Geekbench 6
1,244
2,766
Geekbench 6
6,669
16,747
Passmark CPU
1,963
4,035
Passmark CPU
12,655
55,980
Cinebench 2024
-
113
Cinebench 2024
-
1,719