AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X vs Intel Core i7-1270P

Compare AMD Ryzen Threadripper 16 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i7 12 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
47% significantly better overall score
5276 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7302 points
7506 points
2% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7916 points
70% significantly better multitasking score
4632 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7971 points
77% significantly better heavy workload score
4500 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

262.92 points
127% significantly higher Blender score
115.33 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
33% slightly more cores
12

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
100% significantly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz
54% significantly higher clock speed
2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz
4.8 GHz
20% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

180 W
28 W
542% 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
60% significantly more L1 cache
960 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
9 MiB
12% slightly more L2 cache

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
313th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen Threadripper
12th Generation Core i7

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

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen Threadripper 1950X vs Core i7-1270P comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-1270P 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.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X has slightly more cores than the Core i7-1270P. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X has 16 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Core i7-1270P. It also has more threads than the Core i7-1270P. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-1270P. The Core i7-1270P 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 info from our database shows that the Core i7-1270P has more L2 cache than the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X. Despite this, the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-1270P.

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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