AMD Ryzen 7 3700X vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 32 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 198.00
$ 1501.99 significantly less expensive
$ 1699.99

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6345 points
15743 points
148% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7643 points
9436 points
23% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5911 points
18087 points
205% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5785 points
19374 points
234% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6052 points
16764 points
176% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

180.28 points
694.97 points
285% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8116 points
13857 points
70% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1623 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1603 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8090 points
13763 points
70% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1674 points
0.72% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1662 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
32
300% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
64
300% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
3.7 GHz
2% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
4.5 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
330% significantly lower TDP
280 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
4
100% significantly more memory channels

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB
2048 KiB
300% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
16 MiB
300% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
128 MiB
300% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

233rd of 1,089
20th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop
Ryzen Threadripper

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 July
2019 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Ryzen 7 3700X vs Ryzen Threadripper 3970X benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X is faster than the Ryzen 7 3700X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 3700X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 3700X. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X has 32 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 3700X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 3700X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 3700X. Also, the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 3700X 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 info from our database shows that the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 3700X. The Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 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 7 3700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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