AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X vs Intel Core i5-10600KF

Compare AMD Ryzen Threadripper 16 core CPU vs Intel 10th Generation Core i5 6 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

$ 850.00
$ 169.99
$ 680.01 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7764 points
37% slightly better overall score
5658 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7302 points
7822 points
7% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7916 points
59% significantly better multitasking score
4969 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7971 points
65% significantly better heavy workload score
4811 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

9121 points
68% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
5399 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

262.92 points
103% significantly higher Blender score
129.51 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7426 points
11% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
6687 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1163 points
1609 points
38% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7983 points
17% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
6783 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1180 points
1685 points
42% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
166% significantly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
166% significantly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz
4.1 GHz
20% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz
4.8 GHz
20% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

180 W
125 W
44% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

4
100% significantly more memory channels
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

1536 KiB
300% significantly more L1 cache
384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
433% significantly more L2 cache
1.5 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
166% significantly more L3 cache
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

155th of 1,089
280th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen Threadripper
10th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 July
2020 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen Threadripper 1950X vs Core i5-10600KF benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X beats the Core i5-10600KF in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-10600KF has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X has significantly more cores than the Core i5-10600KF. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X has 16 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-10600KF. It also has more threads than the Core i5-10600KF. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-10600KF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X. The Core i5-10600KF outputs less heat than Ryzen Threadripper 1950X thanks to a significantly 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 Threadripper 1950X has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-10600KF. The Ryzen Threadripper 1950X also has significantly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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