AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X vs Intel Core i5-12400

Ryzen Threadripper 1950X vs Core i5-12400 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X beats the Core i5-12400 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-12400 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X has significantly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Core i5-12400 that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12400. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12400. Despite this, the Core i5-12400 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-12400 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 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.