AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X vs AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

Compare AMD Ryzen Threadripper 16 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 16 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

Price

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$ 850.00

$ 447.36

$ 402.64 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7764 points

16669 points

114% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7302 points

14068 points

92% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7916 points

17588 points

122% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7971 points

17965 points

125% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

9121 points

15917 points

74% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

262.92 points

568.01 points

116% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7426 points

18904 points

154% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1163 points

2875 points

147% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7983 points

19297 points

141% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1180 points

2976 points

152% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz

4.5 GHz

32% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz

5.7 GHz

42% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

180 W

170 W

5% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

1536 KiB

49% significantly more L1 cache

1024 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB

16 MiB

100% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB

64 MiB

100% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

154th of 1,089

11th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen Threadripper

Ryzen 9 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 July

2022 September

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Ryzen Threadripper 1950X vs Ryzen 9 7950X benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 7950X 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.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 7950X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X. Also, the Ryzen 9 7950X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 7950X 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. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 9 7950X has more L2 cache than the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X. The Ryzen 9 7950X also has significantly more L3 cache.

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.