AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2000 Series 24 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 386.14
$ 508.85 significantly less expensive
$ 894.99

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

10011 points
0.60% slightly better overall score
9951 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

11884 points
64% significantly better gaming score
7212 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9348 points
11058 points
18% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9142 points
11834 points
29% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

263.24 points
397.75 points
51% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

15051 points
107% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
7241 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2723 points
119% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1240 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
24
200% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
48
200% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.20 GHz
40% slightly higher clock speed
3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz
19% slightly higher turbo speed
4.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

120 W
108% 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
2304 KiB
350% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
12 MiB
49% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

96 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache
64 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

88th of 1,089
91st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7
Ryzen Threadripper 2000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 April
2018 October

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Ryzen 7 7800X3D vs Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 7800X3D beats the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 7800X3D. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX has 24 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 7800X3D. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 7800X3D. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 7800X3D has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX. Also, the Ryzen 7 7800X3D has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 7800X3D CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX 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 2970WX has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 7800X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 7800X3D has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 7800X3D has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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