AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X vs Intel Core i7-7700K

Ryzen Threadripper 3960X vs Core i7-7700K comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X is faster than the Core i7-7700K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7700K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X has significantly more cores with 24 cores compared to the Core i7-7700K that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-7700K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-7700K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. The Core i7-7700K outputs less heat than Ryzen Threadripper 3960X 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 3960X has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-7700K. The Ryzen Threadripper 3960X 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 3960X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.