Pentium 8500 vs Ryzen Threadripper 1920X

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Primary details

Comparing Ryzen Threadripper 1920X and Pentium 8500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking498not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.60no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen ThreadripperIntel Alder Lake-M
Power efficiency7.64no data
Architecture codenameZen (2017−2020)Alder Lake-U (2022)
Release date13 July 2017 (7 years ago)23 February 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$799no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen Threadripper 1920X and Pentium 8500 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores12 (Dodeca-Core)5 (Penta-Core)
Threads246
Base clock speed3.5 GHz1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz4.4 GHz
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier35no data
L1 cache1.125 MB80K (per core)
L2 cache6 MB1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache32 MB8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size213 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistors9600 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen Threadripper 1920X and Pentium 8500 compatibility with other computer components: 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)1
SocketSP3r2Intel BGA 1781
Power consumption (TDP)180 Watt9 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen Threadripper 1920X and Pentium 8500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data-
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Ryzen Threadripper 1920X and Pentium 8500 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen Threadripper 1920X and Pentium 8500 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen Threadripper 1920X and Pentium 8500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Quad-channelDDR4, DDR5
Maximum memory size2 TiB64 GB
Max memory channels42
Maximum memory bandwidth85.33 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card-Intel UHD Graphics for 12th Gen Intel Processors
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequency-800 MHz
Execution Units-48

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen Threadripper 1920X and Pentium 8500 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported-4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Ryzen Threadripper 1920X and Pentium 8500 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4-4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDP-4096 x 2304 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort-7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen Threadripper 1920X and Pentium 8500 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX-12.1
OpenGL-4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen Threadripper 1920X and Pentium 8500.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes6014

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 July 2017 23 February 2022
Physical cores 12 5
Threads 24 6
Power consumption (TDP) 180 Watt 9 Watt

Ryzen Threadripper 1920X has 140% more physical cores and 300% more threads.

Pentium 8500, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, and 1900% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen Threadripper 1920X and Pentium 8500. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Ryzen Threadripper 1920X is a desktop processor while Pentium 8500 is a notebook one.


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