AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X vs Intel Xeon E5-2689

Ryzen Threadripper 1900X vs Xeon E5-2689 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen Threadripper 1900X performs better than the Xeon E5-2689. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2689 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. The Xeon E5-2689 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.