AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX vs AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX

Compare AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2000 Series 24 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 16 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

9951 points

10700 points

7% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7212 points

10758 points

49% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

11058 points

3% slightly better multitasking score

10731 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11834 points

9% slightly better heavy workload score

10842 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

397.75 points

458.15 points

15% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz

3% slightly higher clock speed

2.9 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz

5.3 GHz

26% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

250 W

55 W

354% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

2304 KiB

125% significantly more L1 cache

1024 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

12 MiB

200% significantly more L2 cache

4 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

64 MiB

700% significantly more L3 cache

8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

91st of 1,089

75th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen Threadripper 2000 Series

Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 October

2025 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX vs Ryzen 9 8940HX benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX is faster than the Ryzen 9 8940HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 8940HX has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX has significantly more cores with 24 cores whereas the Ryzen 9 8940HX has 16 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 8940HX. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 8940HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 8940HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 8940HX outputs less heat than Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX 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 Threadripper 2970WX has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 8940HX. The Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX 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 2970WX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.