AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X vs Intel Core i5-12400F

Compare AMD Ryzen Threadripper 16 core CPU vs Intel 12th 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
$ 179.99
$ 670.01 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7764 points
9% slightly better overall score
7069 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7302 points
9794 points
34% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7916 points
27% slightly better multitasking score
6210 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7971 points
32% slightly better heavy workload score
6009 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

9121 points
53% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
5946 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

262.92 points
64% significantly higher Blender score
159.61 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7426 points
8804 points
18% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1163 points
2154 points
85% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7983 points
9125 points
14% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1180 points
2218 points
87% 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
36% slightly higher clock speed
2.5 GHz

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

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
77% significantly more L3 cache
18 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

155th of 1,089
188th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen Threadripper
12th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 July
2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Ryzen Threadripper 1950X vs Core i5-12400F comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-12400F 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 i5-12400F has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12400F. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12400F. The Core i5-12400F 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.

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.

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