AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X vs Intel Core i9-10920X

Ryzen Threadripper 1950X vs Core i9-10920X comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-10920X 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 i9-10920X. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X has 16 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Core i9-10920X. It also has more threads than the Core i9-10920X. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-10920X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X. The Core i9-10920X 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.

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.