AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 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

10982 points
1% slightly better overall score
10823 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

13108 points
75% significantly better gaming score
7475 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

10252 points
12159 points
18% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10031 points
13149 points
31% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

325.43 points
458.04 points
40% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

18346 points
141% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
7606 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

3336 points
176% 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

4.7 GHz
56% significantly higher clock speed
3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.2 GHz
23% 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

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

96 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache
64 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

70th 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 November
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 9800X3D vs Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D is faster than the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX has significantly more cores with 32 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 9800X3D. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX. Also, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 9800X3D 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 9800X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX.

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 9800X3D has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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