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General information Ryzen 5 5600X Core i7-3960X
Launched Q4 2020 Q4 2011
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD Intel
Socket AM4 LGA2011
Series Name AMD Ryzen 5 Intel Core i7 Extreme
Core Family Name Vermeer Sandy Bridge-E
Clock 3.7 GHz 0 % 3.3 GHz 10.8 %
Turbo Clock 4.6 GHz 0 % 3.9 GHz 15.2 %
Cores 6 0 % 6 0 %
Threads 12 0 % 12 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 50 % 130 W 0 %
Lithography 7 nm 78.1 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 512 kB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 32 MB
1 × 15 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Ryzen 5 5600X Core i7-3960X
Overall Score 61348 0 % 48276 21.3 %
Future Proof 79 % 0 % 27 % 65.8 %
Benchmark Score 14165 0 % 5431 61.7 %
Single Thread Score 3361 0 % 1791.6 46.7 %
Encrypting Data 15741 MB/s 0 % 2580.9 MB/s 83.6 %
Compressing Data 248.3 MB/s 0 % 138.2 MB/s 44.3 %
String objects sorting 26634.6 thousand/s 0 % 21089 thousand/s 20.8 %
Prime numbers generation 129.9 millions/s 0 % 42.3 millions/s 67.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 71574.8 millions/s 0 % 32958 millions/s 54 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 39626.5 millions/s 0 % 12163.5 millions/s 69.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Ryzen 5 5600X, Core i7-3960X.

Average frames per second Ryzen 5 5600X Core i7-3960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 137.0 FPS 98.1 FPS
High settings 219.2 FPS 156.9 FPS
Medium settings 274.0 FPS 196.2 FPS
Low settings 342.4 FPS 245.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 28.4 %

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 5600X Core i7-3960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 158.6 FPS 135.7 FPS
High settings 253.8 FPS 217.0 FPS
Medium settings 317.3 FPS 271.3 FPS
Low settings 396.6 FPS 339.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 14.5 %
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