AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X vs AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

Compare AMD Ryzen Threadripper 12 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 16 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
$ 247.37 significantly less expensive
$ 447.36

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6657 points
16669 points
150% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6855 points
14068 points
105% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6596 points
17588 points
166% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6581 points
17965 points
172% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8387 points
15917 points
89% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

206.91 points
568.01 points
174% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6100 points
18904 points
209% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1097 points
2875 points
162% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7137 points
19297 points
170% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1179 points
2976 points
152% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
32
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz
4.5 GHz
28% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz
5.7 GHz
35% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

180 W
170 W
5% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

4
100% significantly more memory channels
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

1152 KiB
12% slightly more L1 cache
1024 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

6 MiB
16 MiB
166% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
64 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

212th of 1,089
11th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen Threadripper
Ryzen 9 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 July
2022 September

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
Yes

Ryzen Threadripper 1920X vs Ryzen 9 7950X specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 7950X 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.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 7950X has slightly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X has 12 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 7950X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X. Also, the Ryzen 9 7950X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 7950X 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 cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7950X has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X. The Ryzen 9 7950X 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.

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