AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X vs Intel Core i5-11400

Compare AMD Ryzen Threadripper 16 core CPU vs Intel 11th 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
$ 129.99
$ 720.01 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7764 points
36% slightly better overall score
5682 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7302 points
8370 points
14% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7916 points
63% significantly better multitasking score
4847 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7971 points
70% significantly better heavy workload score
4675 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

9121 points
59% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
5721 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

262.92 points
82% significantly higher Blender score
144.07 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7426 points
3% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
7150 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1163 points
1888 points
62% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7983 points
9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
7262 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1180 points
1960 points
66% significantly 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
3.6 GHz
5% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz
4.4 GHz
10% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

180 W
65 W
176% 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
220% significantly more L1 cache
480 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
166% significantly more L2 cache
3 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
276th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen Threadripper
11th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 July
2021 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-3200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen Threadripper 1950X vs Core i5-11400 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-11400 performs better than the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X has significantly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Core i5-11400 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11400. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-11400 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X. The Core i5-11400 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 i5-11400. The Ryzen Threadripper 1950X also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 1950X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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