AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X vs AMD Ryzen 7 7700X

Compare AMD Ryzen Threadripper 24 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 1000.49
$ 246.84
$ 753.65 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

12902 points
28% slightly better overall score
10008 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9051 points
12170 points
34% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

14301 points
53% significantly better multitasking score
9291 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

14990 points
64% significantly better heavy workload score
9088 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

14014 points
55% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
9007 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

545.75 points
93% significantly higher Blender score
281.95 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

13136 points
15168 points
15% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1646 points
2857 points
73% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

13168 points
15466 points
17% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1679 points
2977 points
77% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

24
200% significantly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

48
200% significantly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz
4.50 GHz
18% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz
5.4 GHz
20% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

280 W
105 W
166% 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

1536 KiB
200% significantly more L1 cache
512 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

12 MiB
49% significantly more L2 cache
8 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

128 MiB
300% significantly more L3 cache
32 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

42nd of 1,089
89th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen Threadripper
Ryzen 7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 November
2022 September

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Ryzen Threadripper 3960X vs Ryzen 7 7700X specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X is faster than the Ryzen 7 7700X. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 7700X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 7700X. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X has 24 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 7700X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 7700X. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 7700X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X. Also, the Ryzen 7 7700X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 7700X 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. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 7700X. The Ryzen Threadripper 3960X also has significantly more 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 3960X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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