AMD Ryzen 7 3800X vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X

Ryzen 7 3800X vs Ryzen Threadripper 3960X specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X is faster than the Ryzen 7 3800X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 3800X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 3800X. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X has 24 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 3800X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 3800X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 3800X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. A Ryzen 7 3800X CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen Threadripper 3960X 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 3960X has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 3800X. The Ryzen Threadripper 3960X 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 3800X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.