AMD Ryzen 5 2600 vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X

Ryzen 5 2600 vs Ryzen Threadripper 3970X specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X is faster than the Ryzen 5 2600. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 2600 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X has significantly more cores with 32 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 2600 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 2600. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 2600. Also, the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 2600 CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen Threadripper 3970X CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 2600. The Ryzen Threadripper 3970X also has significantly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 2600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.