AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X vs Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3

Compare AMD Ryzen Threadripper 12 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v3 Family 18 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 199.99
$ 329.96 significantly less expensive
$ 529.95

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6657 points
6700 points
0.65% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6855 points
31% slightly better gaming score
5199 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6596 points
7270 points
10% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6581 points
7597 points
15% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

206.91 points
219.38 points
6% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
18
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
36
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz
52% significantly higher clock speed
2.3 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
145 W
24% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

4
Identical
4

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

212th of 1,089
210th 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
DDR4-1600

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 E5-2699 v3 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-2699 v3 beats the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2699 v3 has significantly more cores with 18 cores compared to the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X that has 12 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2699 v3. Also, the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon E5-2699 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.

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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