AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X vs Intel Core i7-5960X

Compare AMD Ryzen Threadripper 8 core CPU vs Intel Core X-series 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5786 points

5% slightly better overall score

5462 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7050 points

7% slightly better gaming score

6552 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5345 points

5% slightly better multitasking score

5074 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5212 points

5% slightly better heavy workload score

4955 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

140.77 points

141.38 points

0.43% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5474 points

7331 points

33% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1162 points

1235 points

6% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5997 points

7412 points

23% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1191 points

1302 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz

26% slightly higher clock speed

3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz

14% slightly higher turbo speed

3.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

180 W

140 W

28% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

269th of 1,089

298th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen Threadripper

Core X-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 August

2014 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR4-1600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen Threadripper 1900X vs Core i7-5960X specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen Threadripper 1900X performs better than the Core i7-5960X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-5960X in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen Threadripper 1900X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-5960X. The Core i7-5960X outputs less heat than Ryzen Threadripper 1900X thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 1900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.