AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X vs Intel Xeon Gold 6226R

Compare AMD Ryzen Threadripper 16 core CPU vs Intel 2nd Generation Xeon Scalable 16 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Xeon Gold 6226R

Price

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$ 850.00

$ 797.00

$ 53.00 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7764 points

208% significantly better overall score

2515 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7302 points

57% significantly better gaming score

4643 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7916 points

312% significantly better multitasking score

1920 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7971 points

332% significantly better heavy workload score

1844 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

262.92 points

1% slightly higher Blender score

260.30 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7983 points

9626 points

20% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1180 points

1351 points

14% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz

17% slightly higher clock speed

2.9 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

3.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

180 W

150 W

20% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

49% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

154th of 1,089

625th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen Threadripper

2nd Generation Xeon Scalable

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 July

2020 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR4-2933

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 6226R specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X beats the Xeon Gold 6226R in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon Gold 6226R 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. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Xeon Gold 6226R. Also, the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon Gold 6226R 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.