AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X vs Intel Core i9-9940X

Ryzen Threadripper 1950X vs Core i9-9940X benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-9940X 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.

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 i9-9940X that has 14 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i9-9940X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-9940X. The Core i9-9940X 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.

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.