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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X vs Intel Core i7-965

Last updated: 2026-06-02

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X

Rank 2 - 53 %

Intel Core i7-965

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X

Rank 2 - 19 %

Intel Core i7-965

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

16C / 32T · 4.00 GHz

1,201

4C / 8T · 3.46 GHz

610

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

16C / 32T · 3.50 GHz

8,710

4C / 8T · 3.20 GHz

2,174

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

16C / 32T · 4.00 GHz

1,040

4C / 8T · 3.46 GHz

576

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

16C / 32T · 3.50 GHz

11,370

4C / 8T · 3.20 GHz

2,420

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

Monero Hashrate
94 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X	Intel Core i7-965
Family	AMD Ryzen Threadripper (16)	Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition (24)
CPU group	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1000 (3)	Intel Core i7 900 (7)
Architecture	Whitehaven (Zen)	Bloomfield
Technology	14 nm	45 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	TR4 (SP3r2)	LGA 1366
Predecessor
Successor	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X	Intel Core i7-965
CPU Cores / Threads	16 / 32	4 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	16x	4x
Frequency:	3.40 GHz	3.20 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	4.00 GHz	3.46 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	3.50 GHz
L2-Cache	8.00 MB	1.00 MB
L3-Cache	32.00 MB	8.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✓

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X	Intel Core i7-965
GPU name	no iGPU	no iGPU
GPU frequency
CUs / Shader	/	/
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays
Max. GPU Memory
Technology
Release date

NPU AI performance

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X	Intel Core i7-965
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X	Intel Core i7-965
Memory	DDR4-2666 (85.4 GB/s)	DDR3-1066 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory		24 GB
Memory channels	4	3
ECC	Yes	No
PCIe	3.0 x 64
PCIe Bandwidth	63.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X	Intel Core i7-965
TDP	180 W	130 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X	Intel Core i7-965
Chip design	Chiplet	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✗
Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux	Windows 10, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3	SSE4.1, SSE4.2
Release date	Q3/2017	Q4/2008
Release price	999 $	990 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X is 4.6 stars (17 ratings), while Intel Core i7-965 has received 4.5 stars (4 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X
16C / 32T · 3.40 - 4.00 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i7-965
4C / 8T · 3.20 - 3.46 GHz

★★★★★