Ryzen Threadripper 1900X: specs and benchmarks

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Ryzen Threadripper 1900X
2017
8 cores / 16 threads, 125 Watt
10.58

Ryzen Threadripper 1900X provides acceptable benchmark performance at 10.58% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.

Summary

AMD started Ryzen Threadripper 1900X sales 31 August 2017 at a recommended price of $549. This is a Zen architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 8 cores and 16 threads, and is based on 14 nm manufacturing technology, with a max turbo frequency of 4000 MHz and an unlocked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket SP3r2 processor with a TDP of 125 Watt. It supports DDR4 Quad-channel memory.

Primary details

Ryzen Threadripper 1900X processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking730
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.88
Market segmentDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Ryzen Threadripper
Power efficiency8.01of 100.00 (Core Ultra 7 164U)
Architecture codenameZen (2017−2020)
Release date31 August 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$549of 17,906 (Xeon Platinum 8280L)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores8 (Octa-Core)
Threads16
Base clock speed3.8 GHzof 4.7 GHz (Ryzen 9 7900X)
Boost clock speed4 GHzof 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS)
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier38of 42 (Core i7-7700K)
L1 cache96K (per core)of 80 KB (EPYC 9965)
L2 cache512K (per core)of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P)
L3 cache32 MBof 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithography14 nmof 3 nm (Core Ultra 9 285K)
Die size213 mm2
Number of transistors9,600 millionof 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X)
64 bit support+
Windows 11 compatibility-
Unlocked multiplier+

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen Threadripper 1900X compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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)of 8 (Xeon Platinum 8454H)
SocketSP3r2
Power consumption (TDP)125 Wattof 3100 ‑ 4500 (Ryzen 7 7435H)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Ryzen Threadripper 1900X. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI+
AVX+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

AMD-V+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Ryzen Threadripper 1900X's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Quad-channel
Maximum memory size2 TiBof 6 TiB (EPYC 9654)
Max memory channels4of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)
Maximum memory bandwidth85.33 GB/sof 460.8 GB/s (EPYC 9654)
ECC memory support+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of a GPU integrated into Ryzen Threadripper 1900X.

Integrated graphics card-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version3.0of 5.0 (EPYC 9655P)
PCI Express lanes60of 128 (EPYC 9655P)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Ryzen Threadripper 1900X. Overall benchmark performance 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 1900X 10.58

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.

Ryzen Threadripper 1900X 16809

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.

Ryzen Threadripper 1900X 1187

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.

Ryzen Threadripper 1900X 5885

Gaming performance

Closest competitors

Ryzen Threadripper 1900X's performance relative to its closest rivals among desktop CPUs.


Core i5-11400 101.23
Ryzen Threadripper 1900X 100
Core i9-9900 98.11

Intel equivalent

According to our data, the closest Intel alternative to Ryzen Threadripper 1900X is Core i5-11400, which is faster by 1% and higher by 7 positions in our ranking.

Here are some closest Intel rivals to Ryzen Threadripper 1900X:

Core i7-7820X 102.17
Core i5-11400 101.23
Ryzen Threadripper 1900X 100
Core i9-9900 98.11

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Recommended GPUs

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