AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X vs AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX

Compare AMD Ryzen Threadripper 24 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9 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

12902 points

14004 points

8% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9051 points

12364 points

36% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

14301 points

14599 points

2% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

14990 points

0.87% slightly better heavy workload score

14860 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

14014 points

0.21% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

13984 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

545.75 points

14% slightly higher Blender score

475.58 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

13136 points

14865 points

13% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1646 points

2684 points

63% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

13168 points

16083 points

22% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1679 points

2764 points

64% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz

51% significantly higher clock speed

2.50 GHz

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

55 W

409% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

1536 KiB

49% significantly more L1 cache

1024 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

12 MiB

16 MiB

33% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

128 MiB

100% significantly more L3 cache

64 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

42nd of 1,089

31st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen Threadripper

Ryzen 9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 November

2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen Threadripper 3960X vs Ryzen 9 7945HX comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 7945HX beats the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X has significantly more cores with 24 cores whereas the Ryzen 9 7945HX has 16 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 7945HX. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 7945HX. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 9 7945HX has more L2 cache than the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X. Despite this, the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 9 7945HX.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.