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    AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600

    AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X
    AMD Socket SP3r2DESKTOP
    3800 MHz / Cores: 8 / Aug 2017
    AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X
    AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
    3200 MHz / Cores: 6 / Apr 2017
    AMD Ryzen 5 1600

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X
      135%
    • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
      100%

    Relative performance

    Single thread performance index

    • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X
      112%
    • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
      100%

    Relative performance

    Multi thread performance index

    • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X
      158%
    • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
      100%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X

    12% higher single threaded performance.
    Much higher multi threaded performance (around 58% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
    Around 35% higher average synthetic performance.

    Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 1600

    60 watts lower power draw.
    AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X

    Gaming

    HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X

    Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.
    AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X

    Productivity

    HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X

    Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.

    Specifications

    Features

    AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900XAMD Ryzen 5 1600
    MMX
    3DNow!
    SSE
    SSE2
    SSE3
    SSE4A
    AMD64
    CnQ
    NX bit
    AMD-V
    SMT
    XFR

    Architecture

    AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900XAMD Ryzen 5 1600
    ArchitectureAMD ZenvsAMD Zen
    MarketDesktopvsDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
    CodenameZenvsZen
    Release DateAug 2017vsApr 2017

    Cores

    AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900XAMD Ryzen 5 1600
    Cores8vs6
    Threads16vs12
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

    Cache

    AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900XAMD Ryzen 5 1600
    L1 Cache96 KB (per core)vs128 KB (per core)
    L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs512 KB (per core)
    L3 Cache32768 KBvs16384 KB (shared)

    Physical

    AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900XAMD Ryzen 5 1600
    SocketAMD Socket SP3r2vsAMD Socket AM4
    Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
    PackageuPGAvsuPGA
    Die Size384mm²vs192mm²
    Process14 nmvs14 nm

    Performance

    AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900XAMD Ryzen 5 1600
    Cpu Frequency3800 MHzvs3200 MHz
    Turbo Clock4000 MHzvs3600 MHz
    Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
    Voltagevariablevsunknown
    TDP125 Wvs65 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X
      4400 points
    • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
      3960 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X
      40796 points
    • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
      25766 points

    Points - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

    • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X
      166
    • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
      147

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

    • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X (simulated)
      1792.33
    • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
      1134

    points - higher is better

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