AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X vs AMD Ryzen Z1

Compare AMD Ryzen Threadripper 16 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen Z1 6 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

32% slightly better overall score

5874 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7302 points

8265 points

13% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7916 points

52% significantly better multitasking score

5178 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7971 points

58% significantly better heavy workload score

5019 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

262.92 points

97% significantly higher Blender score

133.44 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7983 points

8200 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1180 points

2231 points

89% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

166% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

166% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz

6% slightly higher clock speed

3.20 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

28 W

542% significantly lower TDP

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

100% significantly more L3 cache

16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

164th of 1,118

275th of 1,118

Family

The product line

Ryzen Threadripper

Ryzen Z1

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 July

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen Threadripper 1950X vs Ryzen Z1 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X is faster than the Ryzen Z1. Despite this, the Ryzen Z1 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 Z1 that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen Z1. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen Z1. Despite this, the Ryzen Z1 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen Z1 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 slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen Z1. The Ryzen Threadripper 1950X 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.