AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X vs Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4

Compare AMD Ryzen Threadripper 12 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v4 Family 14 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4

Price

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$ 199.99

$ 816.09 significantly less expensive

$ 1016.08

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6657 points

6682 points

0.38% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6855 points

9% slightly better gaming score

6240 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6596 points

6819 points

3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6581 points

6860 points

4% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

206.91 points

3% slightly higher Blender score

200.70 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6100 points

7768 points

27% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1097 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1069 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7137 points

8934 points

25% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1179 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1072 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz

34% slightly higher clock speed

2.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz

20% slightly higher turbo speed

3.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

180 W

135 W

33% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

212th of 1,089

211th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen Threadripper

Xeon E5 v4 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 July

2016 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR4-1600

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 E5-2690 v4 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-2690 v4 beats the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2690 v4 has slightly more cores than the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2690 v4 has 14 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2690 v4. Also, the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon E5-2690 v4 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.