AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X vs Intel Core i9-9820X

Compare AMD Ryzen Threadripper 8 core CPU vs Intel Core X-series 10 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
6987 points
20% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7050 points
7678 points
8% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5345 points
6735 points
26% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5212 points
6649 points
27% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

140.77 points
204.52 points
45% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
10
25% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
20
25% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz
15% slightly higher clock speed
3.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz
4.1 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

180 W
165 W
9% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

4
Identical
4

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

768 KiB
20% slightly more L1 cache
640 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
220% significantly more L3 cache
5 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

269th of 1,089
195th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen Threadripper
Core X-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 August
2018 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen Threadripper 1900X vs Core i9-9820X specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen Threadripper 1900X performs better than the Core i9-9820X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-9820X in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-9820X has slightly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Ryzen Threadripper 1900X has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen Threadripper 1900X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 1900X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-9820X. The Core i9-9820X 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.

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 Threadripper 1900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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