AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X vs AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX

Ryzen Threadripper 3960X vs Ryzen 9 7845HX specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X beats the Ryzen 9 7845HX in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7845HX 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 9 7845HX. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X has 24 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Ryzen 9 7845HX. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 7845HX. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 7845HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7845HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 7845HX 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, both these CPUs have the same amount of L2 cache. 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.