AMD Ryzen 9 3900X vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 12 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 12 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X

Price

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$ 229.99

$ 199.99

$ 30.00 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

8422 points

26% slightly better overall score

6657 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8440 points

23% slightly better gaming score

6855 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8406 points

27% slightly better multitasking score

6596 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8392 points

27% slightly better heavy workload score

6581 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8594 points

2% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

8387 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

276.80 points

33% slightly higher Blender score

206.91 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9929 points

62% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

6100 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1667 points

51% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1097 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9907 points

38% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

7137 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1704 points

44% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1179 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.80 GHz

8% slightly higher clock speed

3.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz

9% slightly higher turbo speed

4.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W

71% significantly lower TDP

180 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

768 KiB

1152 KiB

49% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

6 MiB

Identical

6 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

64 MiB

100% significantly more L3 cache

32 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

130th of 1,089

212th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Desktop

Ryzen Threadripper

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 July

2017 July

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 9 3900X vs Ryzen Threadripper 1920X comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 3900X beats the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 3900X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X. Also, the Ryzen 9 3900X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 9 3900X CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen Threadripper 1920X CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The data shows that both these CPUs have same sized L2 caches. The Ryzen 9 3900X 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 9 3900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.