AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X vs Intel Core i5-13500HX

Compare AMD Ryzen Threadripper 16 core CPU vs Intel 13th Generation Core i5 14 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7764 points
7843 points
1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7302 points
9212 points
26% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7916 points
5% slightly better multitasking score
7473 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7971 points
7% slightly better heavy workload score
7441 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

9121 points
11% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
8216 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

262.92 points
19% slightly higher Blender score
219.22 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
14% slightly more cores
14

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
60% significantly more threads
20

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
4.7 GHz
17% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

4
100% significantly more memory channels
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
11.5 MiB
43% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache
24 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

154th of 1,089
152nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen Threadripper
13th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 July
2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
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Ryzen Threadripper 1950X vs Core i5-13500HX comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X is faster than the Core i5-13500HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-13500HX in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X has slightly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Core i5-13500HX that has 14 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-13500HX. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-13500HX. Despite this, the Core i5-13500HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i5-13500HX has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X. Despite this, the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-13500HX.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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