AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X vs AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D

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

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AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D

Price

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$ 850.00

$ 676.99

$ 173.01 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7764 points

14398 points

85% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7302 points

13255 points

81% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7916 points

14804 points

87% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7971 points

14984 points

87% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

9121 points

14388 points

57% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

262.92 points

537.64 points

104% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7426 points

19516 points

162% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1163 points

2881 points

147% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7983 points

19647 points

146% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1180 points

2926 points

147% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz

4.20 GHz

23% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz

5.7 GHz

42% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

180 W

120 W

49% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

1536 KiB

49% significantly more L1 cache

1024 KiB

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

32 MiB

128 MiB

300% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

154th of 1,089

27th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen Threadripper

Ryzen 9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 July

2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen Threadripper 1950X vs Ryzen 9 7950X3D specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 7950X3D is faster than the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 7950X3D has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X. Also, the Ryzen 9 7950X3D has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 7950X3D outputs less heat than Ryzen Threadripper 1950X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 9 7950X3D has more L2 cache than the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X. The Ryzen 9 7950X3D 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 Threadripper 1950X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.