AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X

AMD Ryzen 5 3600
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 6 / Mar 2019
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X
AMD Socket SP3r2DESKTOP
3200 MHz / Cores: 12 / May 2017
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3600
    100%
  • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X
    117%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3600
    124%
  • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3600
    100%
  • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X
    154%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 3600

Much higher single threaded performance (around 24% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
90 watts lower power draw.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 54% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X

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


Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 5 3600AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X
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
3DNow!
CnQ
NX bit

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 5 3600AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X
ArchitectureAMD Zen 2vsAMD Zen
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
CodenameZen 2vsZen
Release DateMar 2019vsMay 2017

Cores

AMD Ryzen 5 3600AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X
Cores6vs12
Threads12vs24
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

AMD Ryzen 5 3600AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X
L1 Cache96K (per core)vs128 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512K (per core)vs512 KB (per core)
L3 Cache16MB (shared)vs32768 KB

Physical

AMD Ryzen 5 3600AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsAMD Socket SP3r2
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
PackagevsuPGA
Die Sizeunknownvs384mm²
Process7 nmvs14 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 5 3600AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X
Cpu Frequency3600 MHzvs3200 MHz
Turbo Clock4400 MHzvsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltagevariablevsvariable
TDP65 Wvs155 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3600
    4928 points
  • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X
    3520 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3600
    29514 points
  • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X
    51532 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3600 (simulated)
    206.31
  • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X
    166

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3600 (simulated)
    1575.75
  • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X
    2431

points - higher is better