AMD Ryzen 7 9700X vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX

Compare AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 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

11120 points

2% slightly better overall score

10823 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

13778 points

84% significantly better gaming score

7475 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

10239 points

12159 points

18% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9995 points

13149 points

31% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

302.05 points

458.04 points

51% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

16965 points

123% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

7606 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

3349 points

177% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1205 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

300% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

300% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz

26% slightly higher clock speed

3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.5 GHz

30% 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

100% significantly more memory channels

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

640 KiB

3072 KiB

380% 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

67th of 1,089

73rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9000 Series

Ryzen Threadripper 2000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 August

2018 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 7 9700X vs Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX is faster than the Ryzen 7 9700X. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 9700X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX has significantly more cores with 32 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 9700X has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 9700X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 9700X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX. Also, the Ryzen 7 9700X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 9700X 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 9700X. The Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 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 9700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.