AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X vs AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX

Compare AMD Ryzen Threadripper 24 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 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
51% significantly better overall score
8535 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9051 points
11% slightly better gaming score
8107 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

14301 points
62% significantly better multitasking score
8825 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

14990 points
64% significantly better heavy workload score
9118 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

545.75 points
16% slightly higher Blender score
468.88 points

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
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

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
100% significantly more L3 cache
64 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

43rd of 1,089
124th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen Threadripper
Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 November
2025 April

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 9 8945HX benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X beats the Ryzen 9 8945HX in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 8945HX has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

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 8945HX that has 16 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 8945HX. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 8945HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 8945HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 8945HX 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 info from our database shows that the Ryzen 9 8945HX 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 8945HX.

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.

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