AMD Ryzen 9 5900X vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 12 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 32 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 269.00
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$ 1699.99

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

9859 points
15743 points
59% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9924 points
5% slightly better gaming score
9436 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9836 points
18087 points
83% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9828 points
19374 points
97% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

10192 points
16764 points
64% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

313.97 points
694.97 points
121% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11764 points
13857 points
17% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2141 points
33% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1603 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11794 points
13763 points
16% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2200 points
32% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1662 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
32
166% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
64
166% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz
Identical
3.7 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed
4.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W
166% significantly lower TDP
280 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

768 KiB
2048 KiB
166% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

6 MiB
16 MiB
166% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

64 MiB
128 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

94th of 1,089
20th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Desktop
Ryzen Threadripper

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2019 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Ryzen 9 5900X vs Ryzen Threadripper 3970X comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 5900X is faster than the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 9 5900X. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X has 32 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Ryzen 9 5900X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 5900X. In terms of clock speed, the Ryzen 9 5900X and Ryzen Threadripper 3970X are identical in this regard. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 5900X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 9 5900X CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen Threadripper 3970X CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 9 5900X. The Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 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 9 5900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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