AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX vs AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX

Compare AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2000 Series 24 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9000 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
11380 points
14% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7212 points
10581 points
46% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

11058 points
11723 points
6% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11834 points
11982 points
1% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

397.75 points
538.07 points
35% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

24
49% significantly more cores
16

Threads

Number of logical processing units

48
49% significantly more threads
32

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz
20% slightly higher clock speed
2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz
5.4 GHz
28% 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

4
100% significantly more memory channels
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

2304 KiB
79% significantly more L1 cache
1280 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

12 MiB
16 MiB
33% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

64 MiB
Identical
64 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

91st of 1,089
61st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen Threadripper 2000 Series
Ryzen 9000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 October
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX vs Ryzen 9 9955HX comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 9955HX beats the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX has significantly more cores with 24 cores whereas the Ryzen 9 9955HX has 16 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 9955HX. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 9 9955HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 9955HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 9955HX 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. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 9 9955HX has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX. However, both these chips have the same amount of 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 Threadripper 2970WX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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