AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X vs Intel Core i7-11700K

Ryzen Threadripper 1950X vs Core i7-11700K comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-11700K 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.

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 i7-11700K that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-11700K. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-11700K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X. The Core i7-11700K 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 cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-11700K. The Ryzen Threadripper 1950X also has significantly more L3 cache.

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.