AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X vs AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme

Compare AMD Ryzen Threadripper 12 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen Z1 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

5% slightly better overall score

6328 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6855 points

7752 points

13% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6596 points

11% slightly better multitasking score

5895 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6581 points

13% slightly better heavy workload score

5789 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8387 points

28% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

6531 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

206.91 points

22% slightly higher Blender score

169.56 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7137 points

9595 points

34% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1179 points

2167 points

83% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz

6% slightly higher clock speed

3.30 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz

5.1 GHz

21% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

180 W

28 W

542% significantly lower TDP

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

6 MiB

8 MiB

33% slightly more L2 cache

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

234th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen Threadripper

Ryzen Z1

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 July

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen Threadripper 1920X vs Ryzen Z1 Extreme specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X performs better than the Ryzen Z1 Extreme. Despite this, the Ryzen Z1 Extreme 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 Z1 Extreme. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X has 12 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen Z1 Extreme. It also has more threads than the Ryzen Z1 Extreme. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen Z1 Extreme. In terms of cache, the Ryzen Z1 Extreme has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X. Despite this, the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen Z1 Extreme.

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.