Intel Core i7-5960X vs. Intel Core i9-7980XE vs. Intel Core i9-10980XE vs. AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Benchmarks

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Of the components selected for comparison, there were 81 benchmarks in common (matching test profile, test version and any configurable test options) and where that data was statistically significant and at least three independent data points for each component of the public test results on OpenBenchmarking.org.

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core had the most wins, coming in first place for 96% of the tests.

Based on the geometric mean of all complete results, the fastest (AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core) was 2.782x the speed of the slowest (Intel Core i7-5960X). Intel Core i9-10980XE was 0.616x the speed of AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core, Intel Core i9-7980XE was 0.964x the speed of Intel Core i9-10980XE, Intel Core i7-5960X was 0.606x the speed of Intel Core i9-7980XE.

The results with the greatest spread from best to worst included: LuxCoreRender (Scene: LuxCore Benchmark - Acceleration: CPU) at 6.359x, ASKAP (Test: tConvolve OpenMP - Degridding) at 5.008x, Rodinia (Test: OpenMP LavaMD) at 4.805x, KTX-Software toktx (Settings: UASTC 4 + Zstd Compression 19) at 4.562x, Appleseed (Scene: Disney Material) at 4.519x, LuxCoreRender (Scene: Orange Juice - Acceleration: CPU) at 4.459x, Basis Universal (Settings: UASTC Level 3) at 4.386x, IndigoBench (Acceleration: CPU - Scene: Supercar) at 4.345x, Appleseed (Scene: Emily) at 4.124x, LuxCoreRender (Scene: DLSC - Acceleration: CPU) at 4.079x.

81 Benchmarks Found In Common - Sort By: Greatest Spread