AMD Ryzen 7 5800 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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7246 points
15743 points
117% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9033 points
9436 points
4% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6679 points
18087 points
170% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6542 points
19374 points
196% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7120 points
16764 points
135% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

191.07 points
694.97 points
263% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9217 points
13857 points
50% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2067 points
28% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1603 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8758 points
13763 points
57% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2080 points
25% 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

3.4 GHz
3.7 GHz
8% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed
4.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
330% significantly lower TDP
280 W

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

175th 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

2021 December
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 5800 vs Ryzen Threadripper 3970X comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X is faster than the Ryzen 7 5800. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 5800 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X has significantly more cores with 32 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 5800 has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 5800. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 5800. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 5800 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 5800 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 cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 5800. The Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 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 7 5800 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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