Ryzen 7 5700X vs Ryzen Threadripper 1950X

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Aggregated performance score

Ryzen Threadripper 1950X
2017
16 cores / 32 threads
17.84
+3.3%

Ryzen Threadripper 1950X outperforms Ryzen 7 5700X by a minimal 3% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen Threadripper 1950X and Ryzen 7 5700X processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking307329
Place by popularitynot in top-10030
Cost-effectiveness evaluation17.8746.94
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Ryzen Threadripperno data
Architecture codenameZen (2017−2020)Vermeer (Zen 3)
Release date10 August 2017 (6 years ago)4 April 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$999no data
Current price$396 (0.4x MSRP)$307

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Ryzen 7 5700X has 163% better value for money than Ryzen Threadripper 1950X.

Detailed specifications

Ryzen Threadripper 1950X and Ryzen 7 5700X basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores16 (Hexadeca-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads3216
Base clock speed3.4 GHz3.4 GHz
Boost clock speed4 GHz4.6 GHz
L1 cache96K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)512K (per core)
L3 cache32 MB32 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm7 nm
Die size213 mm281 mm2
Maximum core temperature68 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data95 °C
Number of transistors9,600 million4,150 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplierYesYes

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen Threadripper 1950X and Ryzen 7 5700X compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketSP3r2AM4
Power consumption (TDP)180 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen Threadripper 1950X and Ryzen 7 5700X. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsSSE4.2, SSE4A, AMD-V, AES, AVX2, FMA3, SHAno data
AES-NI++
AVX++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen Threadripper 1950X and Ryzen 7 5700X are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen Threadripper 1950X and Ryzen 7 5700X. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Quad-channelDDR4-3200
Maximum memory size2 TiBno data
Max memory channels4no data
Maximum memory bandwidth85.33 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen Threadripper 1950X and Ryzen 7 5700X.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes6020

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Ryzen Threadripper 1950X 17.84
+3.3%
Ryzen 7 5700X 17.27

Ryzen Threadripper 1950X outperforms Ryzen 7 5700X by 3% based on our aggregated benchmark results.


Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Ryzen Threadripper 1950X 27589
+3.3%
Ryzen 7 5700X 26707

Ryzen Threadripper 1950X outperforms Ryzen 7 5700X by 3% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Ryzen Threadripper 1950X 1171
Ryzen 7 5700X 2124
+81.4%

Ryzen 7 5700X outperforms Ryzen Threadripper 1950X by 81% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Ryzen Threadripper 1950X 7554
Ryzen 7 5700X 9735
+28.9%

Ryzen 7 5700X outperforms Ryzen Threadripper 1950X by 29% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

Ryzen Threadripper 1950X 4754
Ryzen 7 5700X 6527
+37.3%

Ryzen 7 5700X outperforms Ryzen Threadripper 1950X by 37% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Ryzen Threadripper 1950X 41814
Ryzen 7 5700X 42876
+2.5%

Ryzen 7 5700X outperforms Ryzen Threadripper 1950X by 3% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

Ryzen Threadripper 1950X 3.34
+1.5%
Ryzen 7 5700X 3.39

Ryzen 7 5700X outperforms Ryzen Threadripper 1950X by 1% in wPrime 32.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

Ryzen Threadripper 1950X 23
Ryzen 7 5700X 26
+14.4%

Ryzen 7 5700X outperforms Ryzen Threadripper 1950X by 14% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Ryzen Threadripper 1950X 2997
+28.7%
Ryzen 7 5700X 2329

Ryzen Threadripper 1950X outperforms Ryzen 7 5700X by 29% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Ryzen Threadripper 1950X 159
Ryzen 7 5700X 253
+59.1%

Ryzen 7 5700X outperforms Ryzen Threadripper 1950X by 59% in Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

Ryzen Threadripper 1950X 1.73
Ryzen 7 5700X 2.94
+69.9%

Ryzen 7 5700X outperforms Ryzen Threadripper 1950X by 70% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen Threadripper 1950X 19
+41.8%
Ryzen 7 5700X 13.4

Ryzen Threadripper 1950X outperforms Ryzen 7 5700X by 42% in TrueCrypt AES.

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen Threadripper 1950X 4150
Ryzen 7 5700X 12478
+201%

Ryzen 7 5700X outperforms Ryzen Threadripper 1950X by 201% in WinRAR 4.0.

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen Threadripper 1950X 190
Ryzen 7 5700X 305
+60.9%

Ryzen 7 5700X outperforms Ryzen Threadripper 1950X by 61% in x264 encoding pass 1.

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen Threadripper 1950X 134
Ryzen 7 5700X 135
+0.3%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 17.84 17.27
Recency 10 August 2017 4 April 2022
Physical cores 16 8
Threads 32 16
Chip lithography 14 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 180 Watt 65 Watt

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Ryzen Threadripper 1950X and Ryzen 7 5700X.


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