AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X vs Intel Core Ultra 5 135U

Ryzen Threadripper 1900X vs Core Ultra 5 135U benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 5 135U beats the Ryzen Threadripper 1900X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen Threadripper 1900X in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 5 135U has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Ryzen Threadripper 1900X that has 8 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen Threadripper 1900X has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 135U. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen Threadripper 1900X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 5 135U. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 135U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 135U has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen Threadripper 1900X. Despite this, the Ryzen Threadripper 1900X has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 135U.

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