AMD Ryzen 5 1600X vs Intel Core i7-5960X

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Physical Specifications

Socket AMD Socket AM4 Intel Socket 2011-3
Foundry GlobalFoundries Intel
Process size 14 nm 22 nm
Transistors 4,800 million 2,600 million
Die size 192 mm² 356 mm²
Package µPGA

Performance

Frequency 3.6 GHz 3 GHz
Turbo clock up to 4 GHz up to 3.5 GHz
Base clock 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 36.0x 30.0x
Multiplier unlocked Yes No
TDP 95 W 140 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Desktop
Production status Active Active
Release date Apr 11th, 2017 Sep 1st, 2014
Codename Zen Haswell-E
Generation Ryzen 5 Core i7
Part YD160XBCM6IAEYD160XBCAEWOF SR20Q
Memory support DDR4 Dual-channel DDR4
ECC memory No No
PCI Express Gen 2

Cores

Total Cores 6 8
Total Threads 12 16
SMP # CPUs 1 1
Integrated graphics

Cache

Cache L1 96K (per core) 64K (per core)
Cache L2 512K (per core) 256K (per core)
Cache L3 16MB (shared) 20MB (shared)

Notes

Notes This processor comes with an unlocked base clock multiplier, allowing users to set the multiplier value higher than shipped value, to facilitate better overclocking.

Features & Technologies

AES Yes
AES-NI Yes
AMD-V Yes
AMD64 Yes
AVX Yes Yes
AVX2 Yes Yes
BMI1 Yes Yes
BMI2 Yes Yes
Boost 2.0 Yes
CLMUL Yes
EIST Yes
EVP Yes
F16C Yes Yes
FMA3 Yes Yes
HTT Yes
Intel 64 Yes
MMX Yes Yes
Precision Boost Yes
SHA Yes
SMAP Yes
SMEP Yes
SMT Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4.1 Yes
SSE4.2 Yes Yes
SSE4A Yes
SSSE3 Yes Yes
TSX Yes
TXT Yes
VT-d Yes
VT-x Yes
XD bit Yes
XFR Yes

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