AMD Ryzen 9 5950X vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 16 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 16 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

$ 287.24
$ 562.76 significantly less expensive
$ 850.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

11194 points
44% significantly better overall score
7764 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9928 points
35% slightly better gaming score
7302 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

11640 points
47% significantly better multitasking score
7916 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11833 points
48% significantly better heavy workload score
7971 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

11823 points
29% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
9121 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

406.94 points
54% significantly higher Blender score
262.92 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

12256 points
65% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
7426 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2148 points
84% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1163 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

12029 points
50% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
7983 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2207 points
87% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1180 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
Identical
16

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
Identical
32

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz
Identical
3.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz
22% slightly higher turbo speed
4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W
71% significantly lower TDP
180 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

1024 KiB
1536 KiB
49% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
Identical
8 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

64 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache
32 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

66th of 1,089
154th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 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

Ryzen 9 5950X vs Ryzen Threadripper 1950X comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 5950X beats the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. According to our data, the Ryzen 9 5950X and Ryzen Threadripper 1950X have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 5950X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 9 5950X CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen Threadripper 1950X CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache. The Ryzen 9 5950X 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 9 5950X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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