AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X vs AMD Ryzen 7 5700

Compare AMD Ryzen Threadripper 16 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5000 Series 8 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
$ 157.50
$ 692.50 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7764 points
1% slightly better overall score
7663 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7302 points
9257 points
26% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7916 points
11% slightly better multitasking score
7115 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7971 points
14% slightly better heavy workload score
6951 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

9121 points
37% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
6611 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

262.92 points
40% slightly higher Blender score
187.49 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7983 points
8779 points
9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1180 points
1998 points
69% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
100% significantly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
100% significantly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz
3.70 GHz
8% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz
4.6 GHz
15% 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
200% significantly more L1 cache
512 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache
4 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
160th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen Threadripper
Ryzen 5000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 July
2024 January

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 7 5700 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 5700 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.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X has significantly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 5700 has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 5700. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 5700 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X. Also, the Ryzen 7 5700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 5700 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. In terms of cache, the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 7 5700. The Ryzen Threadripper 1950X also has significantly more 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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