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AMD Ryzen 5 1600X vs Intel Core i7-5960X |
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Processor comparisons 19-02-2022
Let's say you are thinking about choosing a CPU, you will be able to make a choice after reading the comprehensive tests AMD Ryzen 5 1600X vs Intel Core i7-5960X and decide which is better for games or simple use for machine learning, rendering, video editing, streaming, programming. Here is useful information from different benchmarks or real video editing and streaming tests. A step-by-step analysis of all the technical characteristics, to make it easier to understand, is presented in the form of the table.
From the video comparison, you can get the results of parallel examination in synthetic type tests like UserBenchmark, DaVinci Resolve Studio, Gears 5, PCMark 10, MATLAB, SuperPi, Blender, AIDA64, Blender, Dolphin Emulator, PassMark, Handbrake, 3DMark, 7zip, RealBench, Prime95, GeekBench 6, 5.2, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, WPrime, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), VeraCrypt, Furmark.
Gaming performance of processors in: - Halo Infinite
- Watch Dogs Legion
- DOOM: Eternal
- Valheim
- Valorant
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone
- Death Stranding
- Fallout 76
- Cyberpunk 2077
- Borderlands 3
- Assassin's Creed Valhalla
- Grand Theft Auto V
- World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
- Overwatch
- Fortnite
- Rainbow Six Siege
- Apex Legends
- Red Dead Redemption 2
- Last Man Standing
After reading the results of all benchmarks and videos, you can already make an briefed decision about which processor is better to buy for gaming Intel Core i7-5960X or AMD Ryzen 5 1600X.
Summary benchmark resultsAs a percentage of the maximum value based on a sample from the entire base of all processors
Processor Benchmark
| Ryzen 5 1600X | 53% |
Core i7-5960X | 53% |
Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.| Ryzen 5 1600X | 53% |
Core i7-5960X | 55% |
The maximum result in this parameter is 100 percent, which is the performance of the most powerful processor currently available. And of course, this is a server processor, on which no one will play games. Because this processor costs several tens of thousands of dollars. And if it seems to you that the selected CPU has a little game result, look at the FPS that it produces in real games in the summary table below.
List of less popular games in which CPU comparisons were performed: Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), Ghostrunner, League of Legends (LOL), Hitman 3, Microsoft Flight Simulator, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, NBA 2K20, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Forza Horizon 4, Half-Life: Alyx, Battlefield V, Metro Exodus, Monster Hunter World, DOTA 2A, Control, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Horizon Zero Dawn.
Gaming benchmark| Fortnite | 93.8 | 97.0 | | Valorant | 106.6 | 110.2 | | Cyberpunk 2077 | 59.7 | 61.7 | | Apex Legends | 100.2 | 103.6 | | Call of Duty Warzone | 80.0 | 82.6 | | Overwatch | 86.4 | 89.2 | | Red Dead Redemption 2 | 73.6 | 76.0 | | DOOM Eternal | 53.3 | 55.1 | | Warzone | 83.2 | 85.9 | | Assassin's Creed | 89.6 | 92.6 | | Valheim | 88.5 | 91.5 |
The numbers in this table indicate the maximum FPS that was received on the device with the corresponding processor. Depending on the configuration of the computer (RAM size and Video Card) and graphics quality settings (Ultra, Medium, Normal), the results may differ quite significantly. We recommend that you better study the results of the Cinebench, GeekBench and Passmark becnmarks.
The computers participating in the comparisons not only were the equipped with different amounts of RAM and different video cards. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: 4K, 2K or FullHD. Therefore, the game benchmark data is approximate. But all video cards met the average system requirements of games. To be sure exactly how much performance the processor will be in games, if you get acquainted with the benchmarks that are made with the same video card that is installed in your computer.
Power consumption
| Ryzen 5 1600X | 35% |
Core i7-5960X | 26% |
To make a final decision on which processor is better, you should also consider the generation of its core. It is clear that the newer the generation, the better the performance of the processor in games and benchmarks, as well as its energy efficiency. In this case the Ryzen 5 1600X is more energy efficient than the Core i7-5960X as it consumes less power: 95W vs. 140W. Power consumption is particularly important for laptops. And TDP should be taken into account when choosing a processor cooling system. It is necessary to calculate so that the TDP data specified in the cooler specification is greater than the TDP of the compared processor.
Software benchmarksFor example you want to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for video rendering or video editing, machine learning, programming, streaming, then the main parameter for you is its performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, to achieve maximum efficiency, the CPU includes all cores and threads that it has. You will learn this data from the benchmark tables below. Before you take into account the data from these tests, be sure to find out whether the program that you are going to use on your computer can work in multi-threaded mode. Because there are still many programs that can use only one core to run, and all the advantages of multi-core mode are unused.
Cinebench 23, 20 an 15
The results of this benchmark show Single-threaded and Multi-threaded CPU performance | AMD Ryzen 5 1600X |
Intel Core i7-5960X | | Cinbench 15 Single-core | 151 | 177 | | Cinbench 15 Multi-core | 1126 | 1360 | | Cinbench 20 Single-core | 389 | 464 | | Cinbench 20 Multi-core | 2764 | 3423 | | Cinbench 23 Single-core | 942 | 1106 | | Cinbench 23 Multi-core | 6470 | 7691 |
Passmark
This popular benchmark displays Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance | AMD Ryzen 5 1600X |
Intel Core i7-5960X | | Single-Core | 2217 | 1966 | | Multi-Core | 13041 | 12668 |
GeekBench 6, 5.2
This benchmark shows Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance | AMD Ryzen 5 1600X |
Intel Core i7-5960X | | Single-Core | 1010 | 1095 | | Multi-Core | 5730 | 8786 |
Comparison of specifications
In the specification comparison table, the most useful will be the release date of the processor and the possibility of overclocking it. The later the processor is released, the longer it will last you. And the easier it will be to upgrade the system in the future. The same benefits from the presence of overclocking. When the processor can be overclocked, increasing its performance, then it will still be able to produce maximum FPS in new games. Accordingly, there is no longer a need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer. The economy are obvious!
| AMD Ryzen 5 1600X |
Intel Core i7-5960X | | Announcement date | April 11, 2017 | April 01, 2014 | | Type | Desktop | Desktop | | Socket | AM4 | LGA2011-v3 | | Core name | Summit Ridge | Haswell E | | Architecture | Zen | x86 | | Generation | 1 | 5 | | Turbo Frequency | 4 MHz | 3.5 MHz | | Frequency | 3.6 MHz | 3 MHz | | Cores | 6 | 8 | | Threads | 12 | 16 | | Bus rate | | 0 GT/s | | Bit | 64 | 64 | | Lithography | 14 nm | 22 nm | | Transistors count | 2800 millions | 4130 millions | | Power consumption (TDP) | 95 W | 140 W | | Memory type | DDR4 | DDR4 1600/1866/2133 | | Max. Memory | | 64 Gb | | Memory Frequency | 2667 | | | Memory bandwidth | | 68 GB/s | | L1 cache | 576KB | | | L2 cache | 3MB | | | L3 cache | 16MB | 20 MB | | Overclocking | Yes | No | | Supports ECC | No | No | | Part number | YD160XBCM6IAE
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In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Ryzen 5 1600X is 16% better than Core i7-5960X in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that Core i7-5960X has 2 more core than Ryzen 5 1600X. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption (relevant for laptops).
Result:
The number of parameters for which AMD Ryzen 5 1600X is better: 11
The number of parameters for which Intel Core i7-5960X is better: 27
All the figures in the table above do not mean that taking them into account you should undividedly trust a simple quantitative comparison. Be sure to watch the video tests and read the reviews of real owners of AMD Ryzen 5 1600X and Intel Core i7-5960X before making a choice which processor to buy for gaming and which not.
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Processor Comparisons
• Vs Core i5-11300H
• Vs Core i7-8700
• Vs Celeron 7300
• Vs Core i7-10700T
• Vs Core i7-11390H
• Vs Ryzen 5 2600
• Vs Xeon W-10855M
• Vs Core i5-10500
• Vs Ryzen 5 3500X
• Vs Core i7-9700
• Vs Celeron 7305
• Vs Ryzen 5 2600E
• Vs Ryzen 5 PRO 2600
• Vs Ryzen 7 4700U
• Vs Core i7-9700F
• Vs Ryzen 5 4600U
• Vs Core i7-6900K
• Vs Core i9-9900T
• Vs Core i7-8700K
• Vs Core i5-10600
• Vs Core i5-11260H
• Vs Ryzen 5 2600X
• Vs Core i9-9880H
• Vs Pentium 8500
• Vs Xeon W-2235
• Vs Ryzen 5 5500U
• Vs Ryzen 5 4600HS
• Vs Ryzen 7 PRO 1700
• Vs Pentium 8505
• Vs Core i7-9700K
• Vs Ryzen 3 5300G
• Vs Ryzen 5 3500
• Vs Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U
• Vs Ryzen 3 3300X
• Vs Core i7-9700E
• Vs Core i7-10850H
• Vs Core i7-7800X
• Vs Core i7-10750H
• Vs Core i5-10400F
• Vs Core i7-8700B
• Vs Core i5-10400
• Vs Core i7-11375H
• Vs Ryzen 5 1600
• Vs Ryzen 3 5425U
• Vs Core i5-10600T
• Vs Core i7-11370H
• Vs Ryzen 5 PRO 4500U
• Vs Ryzen 3 4300GE
• Vs Core i7-1195G7
• Vs Ryzen 3 3100
• Vs Core i5-1145G7
• Vs Core i7-9850H
• Vs Core i7-9750HF
• Vs Ryzen 3 4300G
• Vs Core i5-1140G7
• Vs Core i7-1185G7
• Vs Ryzen 3 PRO 4350GE
• Vs Core i7-1160G7
• Vs Ryzen 5 4500U
• Vs Ryzen 3 2200G
• Vs Ryzen 5 5600
• Vs Ryzen 7 7700
• Vs Ryzen 5 7600
• Vs Core i9-13900F
• Vs Core i7-13700T
• Vs Core i5-13600T
• Vs Core i5-13400T
• Vs Core i3-13100T
• Vs Core i3-13100F
• Vs Ryzen 7 5700X
• Vs Ryzen 3 1200
• Vs Ryzen 5 5500
• Vs Core i3-13300F
• Vs Ryzen 3 PRO 5350GE
• Vs Ryzen 9 7950X3D
• Vs Ryzen 9 PRO 5945
• Vs Ryzen 7 5700GE
• Vs Ryzen 5 5600GE
• Vs Ryzen 3 5300GE
Intel Core i7-5960X Processor Comparisons
• Vs Core i7-9700E
• Vs Ryzen 3 3300X
• Vs Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U
• Vs Core i5-11300H
• Vs Core i7-8700
• Vs Core i7-10700T
• Vs Ryzen 5 2600
• Vs Core i5-10500
• Vs Ryzen 5 3500X
• Vs Core i7-9700
• Vs Ryzen 5 2600E
• Vs Ryzen 5 PRO 2600
• Vs Ryzen 7 4700U
• Vs Core i7-9700F
• Vs Ryzen 5 4600U
• Vs Core i7-6900K
• Vs Core i9-9900T
• Vs Core i7-8700K
• Vs Core i5-10600
• Vs Ryzen 5 2600X
• Vs Xeon W-2235
• Vs Ryzen 5 5500U
• Vs Ryzen 5 4600HS
• Vs Core i7-9700K
• Vs Ryzen 7 2700E
• Vs Ryzen 7 1700
• Vs Core i5-10600K
• Vs Ryzen 5 5600U
• Vs Core i7-8086K
• Vs Core i7-9700KF
• Vs Core i7-10750H
• Vs Core i5-10400F
• Vs Core i5-10400
• Vs Core i7-11375H
• Vs Ryzen 5 1600
• Vs Core i5-10600T
• Vs Core i7-11370H
• Vs Ryzen 3 4300GE
• Vs Ryzen 3 3100
• Vs Core i5-1145G7
• Vs Core i5-1140G7
• Vs Core i7-1185G7
• Vs Core i7-1160G7
• Vs Ryzen 5 4500U
• Vs Core i7-9750H
• Vs Ryzen 3 PRO 4200GE
• Vs Core i5-1145GRE
• Vs Core i5-9600K
• Vs Core i5-1145G7E
• Vs Core i7-1185G7E
• Vs Core i7-1180G7
• Vs Core i7-1185GRE
• Vs Ryzen 3 5400U
• Vs Core i7-1165G7
• Vs Core i7-8750H
• Vs Core i3-10320
• Vs Core i5-1135G7
• Vs Core i7-7700K
• Vs Core i5-1130G7
• Vs Core i5-9400F
• Vs Ryzen 3 4300G
• Vs Ryzen 3 PRO 4350GE
• Vs Core i7-7800X
• Vs Ryzen 7 PRO 1700
• Vs Core i7-10850H
• Vs Ryzen 3 PRO 4350G
• Vs Ryzen 3 5300G
• Vs Ryzen 5 PRO 4500U
• Vs Core i5-10500T
• Vs Core i5-11260H
• Vs Core i7-1195G7
• Vs Core i7-11390H
• Vs Core i7-1068NG7
• Vs Xeon W-10855M
• Vs Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U
• Vs Celeron 7300
• Vs Ryzen 3 5425U
• Vs Core i7-9750HF
• Vs Core i9-9880H
• Vs Core i7-9850H
• Vs Core i5-9600KF
• Vs Core i7-8700B
• Vs Ryzen 5 3500
• Vs Core i7-6850K
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