AMD Ryzen 5 3550H vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile with Radeon Vega Graphics 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2000 Series 32 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2822 points
10823 points
283% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4389 points
7475 points
70% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2350 points
12159 points
417% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2256 points
13149 points
482% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

52.83 points
458.04 points
766% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2842 points
7066 points
148% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

947 points
1174 points
23% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2861 points
7606 points
165% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

944 points
1205 points
27% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
32
700% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
64
700% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz
3 GHz
42% much higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz
4.2 GHz
13% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
614% significantly lower TDP
250 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
4
100% significantly more memory channels

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB
3072 KiB
700% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
16 MiB
700% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

4 MiB
64 MiB
1500% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

566th of 1,089
73rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Mobile with Radeon Vega Graphics
Ryzen Threadripper 2000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 January
2018 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

-
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
Yes

Ryzen 5 3550H vs Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX is faster than the Ryzen 5 3550H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 3550H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 3550H. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX has 32 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Ryzen 5 3550H. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 3550H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX has a much higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 3550H. Also, the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 3550H CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 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 2990WX has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 3550H. The Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX also has significantly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3550H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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