AMD Ryzen 9 5950X vs Intel Core i7-5930K

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3400 MHz / Cores: 16 / Nov 2020
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
Intel Core i7-5930K
Intel Socket 2011-3DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 6 / Sep 2014
Intel Core i7-5930K

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
    301%
  • Intel Core i7-5930K
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
    189%
  • Intel Core i7-5930K
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
    413%
  • Intel Core i7-5930K
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

Much higher single threaded performance (around 89% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 313% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Around 201% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-5930K

None

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 9 5950XIntel Core i7-5930K
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4A
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
AES
AVX
AVX2
BMI1
BMI2
SHA
F16C
FMA3
AMD64
EVP
AMD-V
SMAP
SMEP
SMT
Precision Boost 2
XFR 2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
HTT
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
Boost 2.0

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 9 5950XIntel Core i7-5930K
ArchitectureAMD Zen 3vsIntel_Haswell
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4-3200 MHz Dual-channelvsDDR4
CodenameVermeervsHaswell-E
Release DateNov 2020vsSep 2014

Cores

AMD Ryzen 9 5950XIntel Core i7-5930K
Cores16vs6
Threads32vs12
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

AMD Ryzen 9 5950XIntel Core i7-5930K
L1 Cache64K (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512K (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache64MBvs15360 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD Ryzen 9 5950XIntel Core i7-5930K
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 2011-3
Max Case Temp95°Cvsunknown
Packagevs
Die Sizeunknownvs356mm²
Process7 nmvs22 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 9 5950XIntel Core i7-5930K
Cpu Frequency3400 MHzvs3500 MHz
Turbo Clock4900 MHzvs3700 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
VoltageN/Avsunknown
TDP105 Wvs140 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
    5880 points
  • Intel Core i7-5930K
    4144 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
    79641 points
  • Intel Core i7-5930K
    28224 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
    274
  • Intel Core i7-5930K (simulated)
    144.92

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
    4483
  • Intel Core i7-5930K (simulated)
    1083.94

points - higher is better