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General information Ryzen 5 2600X Core i7-3960X
Launched Q2 2018 Q4 2011
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD Intel
Socket AM4 LGA2011
Series Name AMD Ryzen 5 Intel Core i7 Extreme
Core Family Name Pinnacle Ridge Sandy Bridge-E
Clock 3.6 GHz 0 % 3.3 GHz 8.3 %
Turbo Clock 4.2 GHz 0 % 3.9 GHz 7.1 %
Cores 6 0 % 6 0 %
Threads 12 0 % 12 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 26.9 % 130 W 0 %
Lithography 12 nm 62.5 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Data
6 × 64 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 512 kB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 15 MB
1 × 15 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Ryzen 5 2600X Core i7-3960X
Overall Score 54904 0 % 48394 11.9 %
Future Proof 65 % 0 % 27 % 58.5 %
Benchmark Score 9087 0 % 5485 39.6 %
Single Thread Score 2399.3 0 % 1786.2 25.6 %
Encrypting Data 13156.4 MB/s 0 % 2545.1 MB/s 80.7 %
Compressing Data 195 MB/s 0 % 137.3 MB/s 29.6 %
String objects sorting 23056 thousand/s 0 % 21047 thousand/s 8.7 %
Prime numbers generation 38.2 millions/s 8.3 % 41.7 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 47292.4 millions/s 0 % 32661.4 millions/s 30.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 24433.6 millions/s 0 % 12359.9 millions/s 49.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Ryzen 5 2600X, Core i7-3960X.

Average frames per second Ryzen 5 2600X Core i7-3960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 117.3 FPS 98.0 FPS
High settings 187.7 FPS 156.8 FPS
Medium settings 234.6 FPS 196.0 FPS
Low settings 293.3 FPS 245.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 16.5 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V Ryzen 5 2600X Core i7-3960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 147.1 FPS 135.5 FPS
High settings 235.3 FPS 216.9 FPS
Medium settings 294.1 FPS 271.1 FPS
Low settings 367.6 FPS 338.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 7.8 %
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