AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X vs Intel Xeon Gold 6126

Compare AMD Ryzen Threadripper 16 core CPU vs Intel Xeon Scalable 12 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 850.00
$ 147.00
$ 703.00 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7764 points
8481 points
9% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7302 points
22% slightly better gaming score
5942 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7916 points
9458 points
19% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7971 points
10072 points
26% slightly better heavy workload score

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
33% slightly more cores
12

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
33% slightly more threads
24

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz
31% slightly higher clock speed
2.59 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz
8% slightly higher turbo speed
3.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

180 W
125 W
44% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

4
6
49% significantly more memory channels

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
24 MiB
200% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
38.5 MiB
20% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

154th of 1,089
125th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen Threadripper
Xeon Scalable

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 July
2017 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-2666

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 Gold 6126 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon Gold 6126 is faster than the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X. Despite this, the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X has slightly more cores than the Xeon Gold 6126. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X has 16 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Xeon Gold 6126. It also has more threads than the Xeon Gold 6126. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon Gold 6126. Also, the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon Gold 6126 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 cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Xeon Gold 6126 has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X. The Xeon Gold 6126 also has slightly 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.

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