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Intel Core i5-4670K vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q2/2013
Intel Core i5-4670K
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2017-07-31
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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X

What's the best choice Intel Core i5-4670K or AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

Intel Core i5-4670K has a base frequency of 3.40 GHz. 4 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 84 W. Released in Q2/2013.

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X has a base frequency of 3.4 GHz. 16 / 32 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 180 W. Released in 2017-07-31.

Differences

  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    84 W left arrow 180 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i5-4670K CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    337 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    326 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    428 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    542 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    432 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    552 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    874 place
  • Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
    127 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    324 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    357 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    279 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    343 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL)
    185 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    538 place
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    51 left arrow place
  • More number of cores

    12 more cores

    16 left arrow 4
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 5 % higher specified turbo frequency

    4 GHz left arrow 3.80 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    246 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    49 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    267 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    47 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    255 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    58 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    423 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    115 place
  • Monero Hashrate kH/s
    27 place
  • Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
    17 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    48 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    30 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    46 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    26 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    118 place

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Core i5-4670K Intel Core i5-4670K
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • CPU group
    Intel Core i 4000 left arrow AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1000
  • Family
    Intel Core i5 left arrow Ryzen Threadripper
  • Generation
    4 left arrow 1
  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Form Factor
    - left arrow Desktops / Boxed Processor
  • Series
    - left arrow Ryzen Threadripper 1000 Series
CPU Technical specs

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

  • Base Frequency
    3.4 GHz left arrow 3.4 GHz
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • CPU Cores
    4 left arrow 16
  • CPU Threads
    4 left arrow 32
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    No left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    3.8 GHz left arrow 4 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
    3.6 GHz left arrow -
  • Max. Boost Clock
    - left arrow 4 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (16 Cores)
    - left arrow 3.5 GHz
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • DirectX Version
    11.1 left arrow -
  • Execution units
    20 left arrow -
  • Generation
    7.5 left arrow -
  • GPU Frequency
    350 MHz left arrow -
  • GPU name
    Intel HD Graphics 4600 left arrow None
  • GPU Turbo
    1200 MHz left arrow -
  • Max. displays
    3 left arrow -
  • Max. GPU Memory
    2 GB left arrow -
  • Release date
    Q2/2013 left arrow -
  • Shader
    160 left arrow -
  • Technology
    22 nm left arrow -
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • H.264 / AVC
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • JPEG
    Decode left arrow No
  • VC-1
    Decode left arrow No
  • VP8
    No left arrow No
  • VP9
    No left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X and Intel Core i5-4670K. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    No left arrow Yes
  • Max. Memory
    32 GB left arrow -
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 4
  • Memory type
    DDR3-1600 left arrow DDR4
  • PCIe lanes
    16 left arrow 64
  • PCIe version
    3.0 left arrow 3.0
  • PCIe
    - left arrow PCIe 3.0
  • System Memory Specification
    - left arrow 2667
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-4670K and AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

  • Maximum Operating Temperature
    - left arrow 68 °C
  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    84 W left arrow 180 W
  • Default TDP
    - left arrow 180 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-4670K and AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Haswell S left arrow Whitehaven (Zen)
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 left arrow SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
  • L2-Cache
    - left arrow 8 MB
  • L3-Cache
    6 MB left arrow 32 MB
  • Release date
    Q2/2013 left arrow 2017-07-31
  • Socket
    LGA 1150 left arrow sTR4
  • Technology
    22 nm left arrow 14nm
  • Virtualization
    VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d left arrow AMD-V, SVM
  • Codename
    - left arrow Threadripper
  • L1-Cache
    - left arrow 1.5 MB
  • Manufacturer product ID (boxed)
    - left arrow YD195XA8AEWOF
  • Manufacturer product ID (tray)
    - left arrow YD195XA8UGAAE
  • Operating systems
    - left arrow Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
  • Thermal Solution (PIB)
    - left arrow Not Included

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs
Individual model tests

These results have no shared test of both models with the same version and settings. They are shown separately without a percentage difference.

Intel Core i5-4670K

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X

Individual system tests

Results were obtained on the reported systems. Test versions and settings remain separate; incomplete conditions do not support calculated model performance differences.

RandomX / XMRig 6.24.0 / 1M / 16 threads / windows

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X 9048.136084 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.24.0 / 1M / 16 threads / windows
System RAM: 32 GB
OS: Windows NT 10.0
Motherboard: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. / ROG ZENITH EXTREME
Duration: 110.52 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between Intel Core i5-4670K and AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted.

Recent models: test results with identified primary sources — Cinebench R23 · Cinebench R20 · Cinebench R15 · Cinebench 2026 · RandomX benchmark

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R20 SC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading

Higher values are better in this metric.

371.000000
Intel Core i5-4670K
411.000000
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X
Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R20 MC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, using a multi-core and hyperthreading

Higher values are better in this metric.

1456.000000
Intel Core i5-4670K
6731.000000
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
The Cinebench R15 SC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware

Higher values are better in this metric.

148.000000
Intel Core i5-4670K
168.000000
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
The Cinebench R15 MC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware

Higher values are better in this metric.

520.000000
Intel Core i5-4670K
2986.000000
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

978.000000
Intel Core i5-4670K
986.000000
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

3217.000000
Intel Core i5-4670K
10405.000000
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X
Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
Blender is Open Source Software, creating predefined 3D scenes and measuring the time to execute them

Lower values are better; time in seconds.

581.000000
Intel Core i5-4670K
124.000000
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X
Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 3 SC for one CPU core, includes stress tests simulating real 3D scenarios for Windows, Mac, Linux, Ansroid, iOS

Higher values are better in this metric.

3504.000000
Intel Core i5-4670K
4616.000000
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X
Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 3 MC using a multi-core and hyperthreading, includes stress tests simulating real 3D scenarios for Windows, Mac, Linux, Ansroid, iOS

Higher values are better in this metric.

11033.000000
Intel Core i5-4670K
60292.000000
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X
Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
The PC CPU and GPU test involves rendering a specific 3D scene in single-core mode, based on CINEMA 4D

Higher values are better in this metric.

1.670000
Intel Core i5-4670K
2.130000
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X
Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
The PC CPU and GPU test involves rendering a specific 3D scene in multi-core mode and hyperthreading, based on CINEMA 4D

Higher values are better in this metric.

5.890000
Intel Core i5-4670K
35.390000
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X
Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
PassMark is a test suite that performs complex mathematical calculations to determine CPU performance on file compression, encryption and physics-related tasks

Higher values are better in this metric.

7492.000000
Intel Core i5-4670K
21940.000000
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X

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