AMD Ryzen 9 5950X vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 16 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 24 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 687.14
$ 1121.86 significantly less expensive
$ 1809.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

106 %
128 %
20% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

96 %
6% slightly better gaming score
90 %

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

110 %
142 %
29% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

112 %
149 %
33% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

13698
16% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
11734
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

428.58
599.41
39% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

12256
13136
7% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2148
30% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1646
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

12086
13209
9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2149
30% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1641

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
24
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
48
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz
3.8 GHz
11% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz
8% 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

1024 KiB
1536 KiB
49% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
12 MiB
49% 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

17th of 627
9th of 627

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Desktop
Ryzen Threadripper

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

May 2020
November 2019

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 3960X comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X is faster than the Ryzen 9 5950X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 5950X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X has significantly more cores with 24 cores compared to the Ryzen 9 5950X that has 16 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 5950X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 5950X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 5950X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 9 5950X CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen Threadripper 3960X 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 3960X has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 9 5950X. The Ryzen Threadripper 3960X 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 5950X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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