AMD Ryzen 9 5950X vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 16 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

11194 points
3% slightly better overall score
10823 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9928 points
32% slightly better gaming score
7475 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

11640 points
12159 points
4% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11833 points
13149 points
11% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

406.94 points
458.04 points
12% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

12256 points
73% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
7066 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2148 points
82% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1174 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

12029 points
58% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
7606 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2207 points
83% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1205 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
32
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
64
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz
13% slightly higher clock speed
3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz
16% slightly higher turbo speed
4.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W
138% significantly lower TDP
250 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

1024 KiB
3072 KiB
200% 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

64 MiB
Identical
64 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

66th of 1,089
73rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Desktop
Ryzen Threadripper 2000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2018 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Ryzen 9 5950X vs Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 5950X 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 9 5950X has 16 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 5950X. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 5950X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX. Also, the Ryzen 9 5950X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 9 5950X 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. In terms of cache, the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 9 5950X. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5950X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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