AMD Ryzen 7 5800X vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X

Ryzen 7 5800X vs Ryzen Threadripper 3970X comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 5800X is faster than the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 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 5800X. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X has 32 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 5800X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 5800X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5800X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X. Also, the Ryzen 7 5800X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 5800X 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. In terms of cache, the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 7 5800X. The Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 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 5800X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.