AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X vs AMD Ryzen 5 9600X

Compare AMD Ryzen Threadripper 16 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 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
$ 195.30
$ 654.70 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7764 points
8673 points
11% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7302 points
12393 points
69% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7916 points
5% slightly better multitasking score
7498 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7971 points
10% slightly better heavy workload score
7245 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

9121 points
20% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
7587 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

262.92 points
12% slightly higher Blender score
233.29 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7983 points
14957 points
87% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1180 points
3338 points
182% 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
3.9 GHz
14% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz
5.4 GHz
35% 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
220% significantly more L1 cache
480 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
33% slightly more L2 cache
6 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
Identical
32 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

154th of 1,089
118th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen Threadripper
Ryzen 9000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 July
2024 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Ryzen Threadripper 1950X vs Ryzen 5 9600X comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 9600X 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.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 9600X. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X has 16 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 9600X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 9600X. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 9600X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X. Also, the Ryzen 5 9600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 9600X 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 Ryzen Threadripper 1950X has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 9600X. However, both these chips have the same amount of 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.

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