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    AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

    AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X
    AMD Socket SP3r2DESKTOP
    3100 MHz / Cores: 16 / Aug 2018
    AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X
    AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
    AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
    3600 MHz / Cores: 6 / Mar 2018
    AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X
      164%
    • AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
      100%

    Relative performance

    Single thread performance index

    • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X
      100%
    • AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
      100%

    Relative performance

    Multi thread performance index

    • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X
      228%
    • AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
      100%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X

    Much higher multi threaded performance (around 128% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.

    Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

    None
    No winner

    Gaming

    No clear winner declared

    AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X

    Productivity

    HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X

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

    Specifications

    Features

    AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950XAMD Ryzen 5 2600X
    MMX
    SSE
    SSE2
    SSE3
    SSSE3
    SSE4A
    SSE4.1
    SSE4.2
    AES
    AVX
    AVX2
    BMI1
    BMI2
    SHA
    F16C
    FMA3
    AMD64
    EVP
    AMD-V
    SMAP
    SMEP
    SMT
    Precision Boost 2
    XFR 2
    3DNow!
    CnQ
    NX bit
    XFR

    Architecture

    AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950XAMD Ryzen 5 2600X
    ArchitectureAMD Zen+vsAMD Zen+
    MarketDesktopvsDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
    CodenameZenvsZen
    Release DateAug 2018vsMar 2018

    Cores

    AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950XAMD Ryzen 5 2600X
    Cores16vs6
    Threads32vs12
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

    Cache

    AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950XAMD Ryzen 5 2600X
    L1 Cache96 KB (per core)vs96 KB (per core)
    L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs512 KB (per core)
    L3 Cache32768 KBvs16384 KB (shared)

    Physical

    AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950XAMD Ryzen 5 2600X
    SocketAMD Socket SP3r2vsAMD Socket AM4
    Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
    PackageFCLGA-4094vsuPGA
    Die Size213mm²vs192mm²
    Process14 nmvs14 nm

    Performance

    AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950XAMD Ryzen 5 2600X
    Cpu Frequency3100 MHzvs3600 MHz
    Turbo Clock3700 MHzvs4250 MHz
    Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
    Voltagevariablevsunknown
    TDP125 Wvs95 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X
      4070 points
    • AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
      4675 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X
      66563 points
    • AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
      28987 points

    Points - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

    • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X
      3210
    • AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
      1403

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

    • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X
      175
    • AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
      176

    points - higher is better

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