AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

Compare AMD Ryzen Threadripper 12 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9 Mobile 8 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
6% slightly better overall score
6264 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6855 points
7696 points
12% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6596 points
13% slightly better multitasking score
5820 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6581 points
15% slightly better heavy workload score
5710 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8387 points
28% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
6544 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

206.91 points
17% slightly higher Blender score
175.52 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6100 points
7263 points
19% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1097 points
1794 points
63% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7137 points
7587 points
6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1179 points
1845 points
56% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
49% significantly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
49% significantly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz
6% slightly higher clock speed
3.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz
4.6 GHz
9% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

180 W
45 W
300% significantly lower TDP

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

1152 KiB
125% significantly more L1 cache
512 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

6 MiB
49% significantly more L2 cache
4 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
239th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen Threadripper
Ryzen 9 Mobile

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 July
2021 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-3200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Ryzen Threadripper 1920X vs Ryzen 9 5900HX benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X beats the Ryzen 9 5900HX in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 5900HX has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Ryzen 9 5900HX that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 5900HX. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 5900HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 5900HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 5900HX 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 Ryzen 9 5900HX. The Ryzen Threadripper 1920X also has significantly more L3 cache.

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.

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