AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X vs Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3

Compare AMD Ryzen Threadripper 16 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v3 Family 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3

Price

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$ 850.00

$ 63.20

$ 786.80 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7764 points

52% significantly better overall score

5079 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7302 points

40% slightly better gaming score

5205 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7916 points

56% significantly better multitasking score

5069 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7971 points

55% significantly better heavy workload score

5131 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

262.92 points

132% significantly higher Blender score

113.01 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7426 points

41% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

5241 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1163 points

15% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1004 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7983 points

48% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

5384 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1180 points

13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1040 points

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

30% slightly higher clock speed

2.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz

17% slightly higher turbo speed

3.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

180 W

90 W

100% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

155th of 1,089

341st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen Threadripper

Xeon E5 v3 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 July

2014 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR4-1600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Ryzen Threadripper 1950X vs Xeon E5-2640 v3 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X performs better than the Xeon E5-2640 v3. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2640 v3 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X has significantly more cores than the Xeon E5-2640 v3. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X has 16 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Xeon E5-2640 v3. It also has more threads than the Xeon E5-2640 v3. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Xeon E5-2640 v3. The Xeon E5-2640 v3 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.

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.