AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X vs Intel Core i5-4570

Compare AMD Ryzen Threadripper 24 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i5 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 1000.49
$ 82.01
$ 918.48 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

12902 points
492% significantly better overall score
2177 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9051 points
125% significantly better gaming score
4010 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

14301 points
760% significantly better multitasking score
1662 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

14990 points
839% significantly better heavy workload score
1595 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

14014 points
390% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
2856 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

545.75 points
1187% significantly higher Blender score
42.40 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

13136 points
345% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
2948 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1646 points
59% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1033 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

13168 points
325% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
3094 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1679 points
50% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1112 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

24
499% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

48
1100% significantly more threads
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz
18% slightly higher clock speed
3.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz
25% slightly higher turbo speed
3.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

280 W
84 W
233% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

4
100% significantly more memory channels
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

42nd of 1,089
687th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen Threadripper
4th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 November
2013 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen Threadripper 3960X vs Core i5-4570 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X is faster than the Core i5-4570. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-4570 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X has significantly more cores with 24 cores compared to the Core i5-4570 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-4570. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-4570. Also, the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-4570 outputs less heat than Ryzen Threadripper 3960X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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