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

Ryzen Threadripper 1900X vs Core Ultra 5 135U benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen Threadripper 1900X beats the Core Ultra 5 135U in overall performance. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 135U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

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.