AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X vs Intel Core i5-11600

Ryzen Threadripper 1920X vs Core i5-11600 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X beats the Core i5-11600 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-11600 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X has significantly more cores than the Core i5-11600. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X has 12 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-11600. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11600. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-11600. Despite this, the Core i5-11600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-11600 outputs less heat than Ryzen Threadripper 1920X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-11600. The Ryzen Threadripper 1920X also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 1920X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.