AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X vs Intel Core i9-14900HX

Compare AMD Ryzen Threadripper 24 core CPU vs Intel 24 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

12902 points

17% slightly better overall score

10999 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9051 points

11453 points

26% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

14301 points

30% slightly better multitasking score

10950 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

14990 points

35% slightly better heavy workload score

11076 points

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3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

14014 points

11% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

12548 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

545.75 points

60% significantly higher Blender score

340.82 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

13168 points

15507 points

17% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1679 points

2661 points

58% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz

72% significantly higher clock speed

2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz

5.8 GHz

28% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

12 MiB

32 MiB

166% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

128 MiB

255% significantly more L3 cache

36 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

42nd of 1,089

69th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen Threadripper

Core i9 (14th gen)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 November

2024 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR5-5600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen Threadripper 3960X vs Core i9-14900HX comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-14900HX performs better than the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-14900HX. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i9-14900HX has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X. Despite this, the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i9-14900HX.

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.