Ryzen 7 3700X vs Ryzen Threadripper 7970X s specs and performance
In our benchmarks, the Ryzen Threadripper 7970X s beats the Ryzen 7 3700X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 3700X in all gaming tests too.
When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen Threadripper 7970X s has significantly more cores with 32 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 3700X that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 3700X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen Threadripper 7970X s has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 3700X. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 7970X s has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 3700X. The Ryzen Threadripper 7970X s 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 7 3700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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