AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X vs Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4

Compare AMD Ryzen Threadripper 16 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v4 Family 14 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4

Price

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$ 850.00

$ 166.08 slightly less expensive

$ 1016.08

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7764 points

16% slightly better overall score

6682 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7302 points

17% slightly better gaming score

6240 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7916 points

16% slightly better multitasking score

6819 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7971 points

16% slightly better heavy workload score

6860 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

262.92 points

30% slightly higher Blender score

200.70 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7426 points

7768 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1163 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1069 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7983 points

8934 points

11% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1180 points

10% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1072 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

14% slightly 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

14% slightly higher turbo speed

3.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

180 W

135 W

33% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

154th of 1,089

211th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen Threadripper

Xeon E5 v4 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 July

2016 February

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 E5-2690 v4 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2690 v4 performs better than the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X. Despite this, the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X has slightly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Xeon E5-2690 v4 that has 14 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon E5-2690 v4. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2690 v4. Also, the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon E5-2690 v4 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 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.