AMD Ryzen 5 9600X vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX

Compare AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 6 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

8673 points
10823 points
24% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12393 points
65% significantly better gaming score
7475 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7498 points
12159 points
62% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7245 points
13149 points
81% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

233.29 points
458.04 points
96% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

14957 points
96% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
7606 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

3338 points
177% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1205 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
32
433% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
64
433% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.9 GHz
30% slightly higher clock speed
3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.4 GHz
28% slightly higher turbo speed
4.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
284% 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

480 KiB
3072 KiB
540% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

6 MiB
16 MiB
166% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
64 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

118th of 1,089
73rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9000 Series
Ryzen Threadripper 2000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 August
2018 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Ryzen 5 9600X vs Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX performs better than the Ryzen 5 9600X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 9600X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX has significantly more cores with 32 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 9600X that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 9600X. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 9600X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX. Also, the Ryzen 5 9600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 9600X 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. In terms of cache, the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 9600X. The Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX also has significantly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 9600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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