AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X vs Intel Xeon E5-2665

Ryzen Threadripper 1900X vs Xeon E5-2665 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen Threadripper 1900X beats the Xeon E5-2665 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2665 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 1900X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2665. Also, the Ryzen Threadripper 1900X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon E5-2665 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.

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.