AMD Ryzen 5 2600X vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 12 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 109.25
$ 90.74 significantly less expensive
$ 199.99

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4431 points
6657 points
50% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6004 points
6855 points
14% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3931 points
6596 points
67% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3809 points
6581 points
72% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3662 points
8387 points
129% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

114.07 points
206.91 points
81% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5171 points
6100 points
17% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1217 points
10% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1097 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5247 points
7137 points
36% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1242 points
5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1179 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
12
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
24
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
2% slightly higher clock speed
3.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.25 GHz
1% slightly higher turbo speed
4.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
89% significantly lower TDP
180 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
4
100% significantly more memory channels

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

576 KiB
1152 KiB
100% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
6 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
32 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

397th of 1,089
212th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
Ryzen Threadripper

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 April
2017 July

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Ryzen 5 2600X vs Ryzen Threadripper 1920X specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X beats the Ryzen 5 2600X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 2600X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 2600X. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X has 12 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 2600X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 2600X. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 2600X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X. Also, the Ryzen 5 2600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 2600X CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen Threadripper 1920X CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 2600X. The Ryzen Threadripper 1920X also has significantly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 2600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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