AMD Ryzen 5 1600X vs Intel Core i7-4960X

What is the difference between AMD Ryzen 5 1600X and Intel Core i7-4960X. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

942Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score836
5134Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score4970
13011PassMark CPU Mark Rating9943
2187PassMark Single Thread Rating2079
3DMark Time Spy Physics Score6057

Processor Specs

AMD Ryzen 5 1600XProcessorIntel Core i7-4960X
3600 MHzFrequency3600 MHz
4000 MHzMaximum Frequency4000 MHz
6Cores6
12Threads12
95 WTDP130 W
Summit RidgeCodenameIvy Bridge E
Socket AM4 (1331)PackageFCLGA2011

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

945Single-Core Score836
4438Multi-Core Score4438
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.0 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Microsoft Windows 10 Home (64-bit)Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)
Micro-Star International Co., Ltd MS-7B86ModelSystem manufacturer System Product Name
Micro-Star International Co., Ltd B450-A PRO (MS-7B86)MotherboardASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. X79-DELUXE
High performancePower PlanHigh performance

CPU Specifications

AMD Ryzen 5 1600XNameIntel Core i7-4960X
1 Processor, 6 Cores, 12 ThreadsTopology1 Processor, 6 Cores, 12 Threads
AuthenticAMD Family 23 Model 1 Stepping 1IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 62 Stepping 4
3.60 GHzBase Frequency3.60 GHz
3899 MHzMaximum Frequency4.00 GHz
Socket AM4 (1331)PackageSocket 2011 LGA
Summit RidgeCodenameIvy Bridge-E
64.0 KB x 6L1 Instruction Cache32.0 KB x 6
32.0 KB x 6L1 Data Cache32.0 KB x 6
512 KB x 6L2 Cache256 KB x 6
8.00 MB x 2L3 Cache15.0 MB x 1

Memory Information

16.00 GBSize16.00 GB
1199 MHzFrequency667 MHz
DDR4 SDRAMTypeDDR3 SDRAM
1Channels2

Geekbench 5 result (single)

945Single-Core Score836
1878Crypto Score936
830Integer Score800
1038Floating Point Score 896
1878
3.20 GB/sec
AES-XTS936
1.60 GB/sec
867
4.38 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)1007
5.09 MB/sec
1007
47.6 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression928
43.9 Mpixels/sec
710
2.00 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)779
2.20 MTE/sec
753
884.5 KElements/sec
HTML5731
857.9 KElements/sec
750
235.1 Krows/sec
SQLite726
227.4 Krows/sec
879
47.7 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering788
42.7 Mpixels/sec
733
233.4 KB/sec
Text Rendering759
241.7 KB/sec
815
6.35 Klines/sec
Clang750
5.84 Klines/sec
1018
11.8 images/sec
Camera773
8.96 images/sec
854
1.07 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics877
1.10 Mpairs/sec
1025
6348.6 FPS
Rigid Body Physics869
5380.9 FPS
1221
67.1 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur751
41.3 Mpixels/sec
1000
7.70 images/sec
Face Detection824
6.35 images/sec
789
19.5 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection840
20.7 Mpixels/sec
1700
83.4 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting1485
72.8 Mpixels/sec
1712
23.3 Mpixels/sec
HDR1518
20.7 Mpixels/sec
1193
958.2 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing970
778.9 Kpixels/sec
851
7.62 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion593
5.32 Kpixels/sec
889
28.4 Words/sec
Speech Recognition1014
32.4 Words/sec
682
26.4 images/sec
Machine Learning577
22.3 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

4438Multi-Core Score4438
2629Crypto Score3280
4360Integer Score4422
4907Floating Point Score 4666
2629
4.48 GB/sec
AES-XTS3280
5.59 GB/sec
4373
22.1 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)6288
31.8 MB/sec
6897
326.3 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression6083
287.8 Mpixels/sec
1635
4.61 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)2195
6.19 MTE/sec
5519
6.48 MElements/sec
HTML54333
5.09 MElements/sec
5735
1.80 Mrows/sec
SQLite4996
1.57 Mrows/sec
4881
264.9 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering4954
268.9 Mpixels/sec
2636
839.7 KB/sec
Text Rendering3548
1.10 MB/sec
6216
48.4 Klines/sec
Clang4945
38.5 Klines/sec
4557
52.8 images/sec
Camera4092
47.4 images/sec
6199
7.76 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics5178
6.48 Mpairs/sec
8308
51468.6 FPS
Rigid Body Physics6379
39518.8 FPS
5222
287.0 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur4204
231.1 Mpixels/sec
6260
48.2 images/sec
Face Detection5126
39.5 images/sec
4595
113.3 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection4853
119.6 Mpixels/sec
5955
292.1 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting6912
339.1 Mpixels/sec
8816
120.1 Mpixels/sec
HDR8767
119.5 Mpixels/sec
8492
6.82 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing6332
5.08 Mpixels/sec
4955
44.4 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion3744
33.5 Kpixels/sec
2076
66.4 Words/sec
Speech Recognition3067
98.1 Words/sec
1120
43.3 images/sec
Machine Learning1501
58.0 images/sec