AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX vs AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX

Compare AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2000 Series 32 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

10823 points

2% slightly better overall score

10538 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7475 points

9595 points

28% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

12159 points

10% slightly better multitasking score

10967 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

13149 points

16% slightly better heavy workload score

11265 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

458.04 points

468.88 points

2% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz

19% slightly higher clock speed

2.50 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

100% significantly more memory channels

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

3072 KiB

200% significantly more L1 cache

1024 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

16 MiB

Identical

16 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

64 MiB

Identical

64 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

78th of 1,120

80th of 1,120

Family

The product line

Ryzen Threadripper 2000 Series

Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 August

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 2990WX vs Ryzen 9 8945HX benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX performs better than the Ryzen 9 8945HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 8945HX 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 8945HX has 16 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 8945HX. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 9 8945HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 8945HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 8945HX 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. The data shows that both these CPUs have same sized L2 caches and 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 2990WX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.