AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X vs AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS

Compare AMD Ryzen Threadripper 12 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6657 points
3% slightly better overall score
6405 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6855 points
9018 points
31% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6596 points
17% slightly better multitasking score
5593 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6581 points
21% slightly better heavy workload score
5403 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

206.91 points
34% slightly higher Blender score
153.60 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7137 points
7982 points
11% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1179 points
2119 points
79% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
100% significantly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
100% significantly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz
3.50 GHz
0.03% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz
4.9 GHz
16% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

180 W
28 W
542% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

4
100% significantly more memory channels
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

6 MiB
Identical
6 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

212th of 1,089
227th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen Threadripper
Ryzen 5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 July
-

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5 (FP7r2)

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Ryzen Threadripper 1920X vs Ryzen 5 8640HS comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X performs better than the Ryzen 5 8640HS. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 8640HS has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 8640HS. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X has 12 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 8640HS. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 8640HS. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 8640HS has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X. Also, the Ryzen 5 8640HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 8640HS 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. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache. The Ryzen Threadripper 1920X also has significantly more L3 cache.

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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