AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X vs Intel Core i5-12600K

Compare AMD Ryzen Threadripper 16 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i5 10 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
$ 184.46
$ 665.54 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7764 points
9422 points
21% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7302 points
12057 points
65% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7916 points
8581 points
8% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7971 points
8381 points
5% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

9121 points
13% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
8019 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

262.92 points
12% slightly higher Blender score
233.94 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7426 points
11486 points
54% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1163 points
2357 points
102% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7983 points
11863 points
48% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1180 points
2478 points
110% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
60% significantly more cores
10

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
100% significantly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz
3.7 GHz
8% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz
4.9 GHz
22% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

180 W
150 W
20% slightly 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
92% significantly more L1 cache
800 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
60% significantly more L3 cache
20 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

154th of 1,089
102nd 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
2021 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
Yes

Ryzen Threadripper 1950X vs Core i5-12600K specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-12600K 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 i5-12600K has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12600K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-12600K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X. The Core i5-12600K outputs less heat than Ryzen Threadripper 1950X thanks to a slightly 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.

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