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Key Differences
In short — Core i7-5960X outperforms the cheaper Ryzen 5 2400G on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Ryzen 5 2400G is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i7-5960X is 1260 days older than the cheaper Ryzen 5 2400G.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-5960X
- Performs up to 8% better in Far Cry 6 than Ryzen 5 2400G - 118 vs 109 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 5 2400G - 16 vs 8 threads
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 2400G
- Up to 15% cheaper than Core i7-5960X - $135.0 vs $159.0
- Up to 8% better value when playing Far Cry 6 than Core i7-5960X - $1.24 vs $1.35 per FPS
- Consumes up to 54% less energy than Intel Core i7-5960X - 65 vs 140 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i7-5960X doesn't have integrated graphics
Far Cry 6
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i7-5960X
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2014
FPS
118
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.35/FPS
91.85185185185183%
Price, $
$159
84%
FPS Winner
Intel BX80648I75960X Core i7-5960X Haswell 8-Core 3.0GHz LGA 2011 20MB L3 Cache 140W Processor
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Ryzen 5 2400G
Desktop • Feb 12th, 2018
FPS
109
92.37288135593221%
Value, $/FPS
$1.24/FPS
100%
Price, $
$135
100%
Value Winner
AMD Ryzen 5 2400G Processor with Radeon RX Vega 11 Graphics - YD2400C5FBBOX
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Updated 359800 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i7-5960X
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2014
Ryzen 5 2400G
Desktop • Feb 12th, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Ryzen 5 2400G
Desktop • Feb 12th, 2018
Single-Core
1057
82.96703296703298%
Multi-Core
3294
44.579780755176614%
Intel Core i7-5960X | vs | AMD Ryzen 5 2400G |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 1st, 2014 | Release Date | Feb 12th, 2018 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Ryzen 5 |
| Haswell E | Codename | Raven Ridge |
| Intel Socket 2011-3 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
8 | Cores | 4 |
16 | Threads | 8 |
| 3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.6 GHz |
| 3.5 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 3.9 GHz |
| 140 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 22 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 30.0x | Multiplier | 36.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | Radeon RX Vega 11 |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Core i7-5960X or Ryzen 5 2400G
Far Cry 6, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
19 FPS
$57.84/FPS
Radeon RX 580
Ryzen 5 2400G
8 GB, 128 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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