AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X vs Intel Xeon E5-1620 v3

Compare AMD Ryzen Threadripper 12 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v3 Family 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Xeon E5-1620 v3

Price

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$ 199.99

$ 119.95

$ 80.04 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6657 points

148% significantly better overall score

2681 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6855 points

62% significantly better gaming score

4224 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6596 points

196% significantly better multitasking score

2223 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6581 points

208% significantly better heavy workload score

2134 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

206.91 points

236% significantly higher Blender score

61.49 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6100 points

72% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

3546 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1097 points

6% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1027 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7137 points

83% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3886 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1179 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1093 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

200% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

200% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz

Identical

3.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz

16% slightly higher turbo speed

3.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

180 W

140 W

28% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

212th of 1,089

595th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen Threadripper

Xeon E5 v3 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 July

2014 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR4-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Ryzen Threadripper 1920X vs Xeon E5-1620 v3 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X performs better than the Xeon E5-1620 v3. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-1620 v3 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Xeon E5-1620 v3 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon E5-1620 v3. According to our data, the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X and Xeon E5-1620 v3 have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon E5-1620 v3 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.

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.