AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX

Ryzen Threadripper 3960X vs Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX s benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX s 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.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X has significantly more cores than the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX s. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X has 24 cores compared to 16 cores found in the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX s. It also has more threads than the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX s. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX s has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X has more L2 cache than the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX s. 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.