AMD Ryzen 5 2600 vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X

AMD Ryzen 5 2600
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3400 MHz / Cores: 6 / Mar 2018
AMD Ryzen 5 2600
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X
AMD Socket SP3r2DESKTOP
3800 MHz / Cores: 8 / Aug 2017
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 2600
    100%
  • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X
    119%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 2600
    100%
  • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X
    102%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 2600
    100%
  • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X
    135%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 2600

60 watts lower power draw.

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 35% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Around 19% higher average synthetic performance.

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 5 2600AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V
SMT
XFR

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 5 2600AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X
ArchitectureAMD Zen+vsAMD Zen
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
CodenameZenvsZen
Release DateMar 2018vsAug 2017

Cores

AMD Ryzen 5 2600AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X
Cores6vs8
Threads12vs16
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

AMD Ryzen 5 2600AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X
L1 Cache96 KB (per core)vs96 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs512 KB (per core)
L3 Cache16384 KB (shared)vs32768 KB

Physical

AMD Ryzen 5 2600AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsAMD Socket SP3r2
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
PackageuPGAvsuPGA
Die Size192mm²vs384mm²
Process14 nmvs14 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 5 2600AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X
Cpu Frequency3400 MHzvs3800 MHz
Turbo Clock3900 MHzvs4000 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsvariable
TDP65 Wvs125 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 2600
    4290 points
  • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X
    4400 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 2600
    27376 points
  • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X
    40796 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 2600 (simulated)
    161.51
  • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X
    166

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 2600 (simulated)
    1325.06
  • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X (simulated)
    1792.33

points - higher is better