Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX vs Ryzen 9 8940HX specs and performance
Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX performs better 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 2990WX has significantly more cores with 32 cores whereas the Ryzen 9 8940HX has 16 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 8940HX. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 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 2990WX 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 Threadripper 2990WX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 9 8940HX. The Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX also has significantly more 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 Threadripper 2990WX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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