AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X vs Intel Core i7-8086K

Ryzen Threadripper 1900X vs Core i7-8086K comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen Threadripper 1900X performs better than the Core i7-8086K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-8086K in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen Threadripper 1900X has slightly more cores than the Core i7-8086K. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 1900X has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i7-8086K. It also has more threads than the Core i7-8086K. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-8086K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen Threadripper 1900X. The Core i7-8086K outputs less heat than Ryzen Threadripper 1900X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 1900X has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-8086K. The Ryzen Threadripper 1900X also has slightly more L3 cache.

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.