AMD Ryzen 9 5900X vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX s

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 12 core CPU vs AMD 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

9859 points
12880 points
30% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9924 points
24% slightly better gaming score
7990 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9836 points
14704 points
49% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9828 points
15750 points
60% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

313.97 points
689.14 points
119% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
32
166% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
32
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz
5% slightly higher clock speed
3.49 GHz

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
512 MiB
700% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

94th of 1,089
44th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Desktop
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
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Ryzen 9 5900X vs Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX s comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX s is faster than the Ryzen 9 5900X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 5900X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX s has significantly more cores with 32 cores compared to the Ryzen 9 5900X that has 12 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 5900X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 5900X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX s. In terms of cache, the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX s has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 9 5900X. The Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX s 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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