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

Ryzen Threadripper 3960X vs Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX 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. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X has 24 cores compared to 16 cores found in the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX. It also has more threads than the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX. The Ryzen Threadripper 3960X also has significantly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.