AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X vs AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H

Compare AMD Ryzen Threadripper 16 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen PRO 6000 Series 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7764 points

8% slightly better overall score

7135 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7302 points

9019 points

23% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7916 points

21% slightly better multitasking score

6520 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7971 points

25% slightly better heavy workload score

6356 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

262.92 points

52% significantly higher Blender score

172.91 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7983 points

9559 points

19% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1180 points

1990 points

68% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz

2% slightly higher clock speed

3.30 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz

4.9 GHz

22% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

180 W

45 W

300% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

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

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

154th of 1,089

183rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen Threadripper

Ryzen PRO 6000 Series

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

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen Threadripper 1950X vs Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X is faster than the Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X has significantly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H 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 9 PRO 6950H. 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.