AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX

Ryzen Threadripper 1950X vs Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX beats the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X. Also, the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen Threadripper 1950X CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache. The Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX 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.