AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X vs Intel Core i9-10900X

Compare AMD Ryzen Threadripper 12 core CPU vs Intel Core X-series 10 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 199.99
$ 278.80 significantly less expensive
$ 478.79

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6657 points
7550 points
13% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6855 points
8222 points
19% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6596 points
7324 points
11% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6581 points
7249 points
10% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8387 points
13% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
7406 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

206.91 points
2% slightly higher Blender score
202.00 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6100 points
9329 points
52% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1097 points
1608 points
46% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7137 points
9481 points
32% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1179 points
1574 points
33% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
20% slightly more cores
10

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
20% slightly more threads
20

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz
3.7 GHz
5% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz
4.5 GHz
7% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

180 W
165 W
9% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

4
Identical
4

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

1152 KiB
79% significantly more L1 cache
640 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
28% slightly more L3 cache
25 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

212th of 1,089
165th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen Threadripper
Core X-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 July
2019 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-2933

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen Threadripper 1920X vs Core i9-10900X comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X beats the Core i9-10900X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-10900X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X has slightly more cores than the Core i9-10900X. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X has 12 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Core i9-10900X. It also has more threads than the Core i9-10900X. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-10900X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X. Also, the Core i9-10900X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i9-10900X 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.

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

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