AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X vs Intel Core i7-9800X

Ryzen Threadripper 1920X vs Core i7-9800X comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-9800X beats the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X 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 i7-9800X. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X has 12 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i7-9800X. It also has more threads than the Core i7-9800X. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-9800X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X. Also, the Core i7-9800X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-9800X outputs less heat than Ryzen Threadripper 1920X thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.