AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Compare AMD Ryzen Threadripper 16 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 850.00
$ 74.99
$ 775.01 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7764 points
30% slightly better overall score
5931 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7302 points
7969 points
9% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7916 points
50% significantly better multitasking score
5267 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7971 points
56% significantly better heavy workload score
5102 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

9121 points
67% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
5451 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

262.92 points
85% significantly higher Blender score
141.88 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7426 points
7589 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1163 points
1833 points
57% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7983 points
4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
7653 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1180 points
1872 points
58% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
166% significantly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
166% significantly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz
3.6 GHz
5% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz
4.2 GHz
5% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

180 W
65 W
176% 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
300% significantly more L1 cache
384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
166% significantly more L2 cache
3 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

155th of 1,089
256th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen Threadripper
Ryzen 5 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 July
2022 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Ryzen Threadripper 1950X vs Ryzen 5 5500 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X performs better than the Ryzen 5 5500. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5500 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 5500. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X has 16 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 5500. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5500. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 5500 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X. The Ryzen 5 5500 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 Ryzen 5 5500. The Ryzen Threadripper 1950X also has significantly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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