AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 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

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$ 224.25
$ 199.99
$ 24.26 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6410 points
6657 points
3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8714 points
27% slightly better gaming score
6855 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5668 points
6596 points
16% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5487 points
6581 points
19% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5675 points
8387 points
47% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

155.16 points
206.91 points
33% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8541 points
40% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
6100 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2046 points
86% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1097 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8665 points
21% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
7137 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2110 points
78% significantly 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

3.7 GHz
5% slightly higher clock speed
3.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
9% slightly higher turbo speed
4.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
176% 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

384 KiB
1152 KiB
200% 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

32 MiB
Identical
32 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

226th 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

2020 May
2017 July

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Ryzen 5 5600X vs Ryzen Threadripper 1920X benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X is faster than the Ryzen 5 5600X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5600X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 5600X has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5600X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5600X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X. Also, the Ryzen 5 5600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 5600X 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. In terms of cache, the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 5600X. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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