AMD Ryzen 7 7700 vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2000 Series 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

10741 points
10823 points
0.76% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12741 points
70% significantly better gaming score
7475 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

10051 points
12159 points
20% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9837 points
13149 points
33% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

266.15 points
458.04 points
72% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

14475 points
104% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
7066 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2771 points
136% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1174 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

14835 points
95% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
7606 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2879 points
138% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1205 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

3.80 GHz
26% slightly higher clock speed
3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.3 GHz
26% slightly higher turbo speed
4.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
284% significantly lower TDP
250 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
3072 KiB
499% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
16 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
64 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

74th of 1,089
73rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7
Ryzen Threadripper 2000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 January
2018 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Ryzen 7 7700 vs Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX performs better than the Ryzen 7 7700. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 7700 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 7700. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX has 32 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 7700. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 7700. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 7700 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX. Also, the Ryzen 7 7700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 7700 CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 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 2990WX has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 7700. The Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 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 7700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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