AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X vs Intel Core i5-11600K

Ryzen Threadripper 1950X vs Core i5-11600K comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-11600K beats the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X has significantly more cores than the Core i5-11600K. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X has 16 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-11600K. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11600K. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-11600K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X. The Core i5-11600K 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. In terms of cache, the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-11600K. The Ryzen Threadripper 1950X also has significantly more L3 cache.

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