AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X vs AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D

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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Price

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$ 1000.49
$ 676.99
$ 323.50 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

12902 points
14398 points
11% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9051 points
13255 points
46% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

14301 points
14804 points
3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

14990 points
0.04% slightly better heavy workload score
14984 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

14014 points
14388 points
2% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

545.75 points
1% slightly higher Blender score
537.64 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

13136 points
19516 points
48% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1646 points
2881 points
75% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

13168 points
19647 points
49% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1679 points
2926 points
74% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

24
49% significantly more cores
16

Threads

Number of logical processing units

48
49% significantly more threads
32

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz
4.20 GHz
10% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz
5.7 GHz
26% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

280 W
120 W
133% 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
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
Identical
128 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

42nd of 1,089
27th 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
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Ryzen Threadripper 3960X vs Ryzen 9 7950X3D comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 7950X3D 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.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X has significantly more cores with 24 cores compared to the Ryzen 9 7950X3D that has 16 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 7950X3D. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 7950X3D has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 9 7950X3D has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X. However, both these chips have the same amount of 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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