AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X vs AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS

Compare AMD Ryzen Threadripper 32 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 8 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

15743 points
93% significantly better overall score
8139 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9436 points
9987 points
5% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

18087 points
140% significantly better multitasking score
7532 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

19374 points
163% significantly better heavy workload score
7360 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

16764 points
125% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
7427 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

694.97 points
234% significantly higher Blender score
207.75 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

13763 points
24% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
11045 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1662 points
2333 points
40% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

32
300% significantly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

64
300% significantly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz
3.80 GHz
2% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz
5.1 GHz
13% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

280 W
45 W
522% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

4
100% significantly more memory channels
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

16 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache
8 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

128 MiB
700% significantly more L3 cache
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

20th of 1,089
144th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen Threadripper
Ryzen 7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 November
2023 December

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5 (FP7r2)

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Ryzen Threadripper 3970X vs Ryzen 7 8845HS specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X is faster than the Ryzen 7 8845HS. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 8845HS has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X has significantly more cores with 32 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 8845HS has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 8845HS. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 8845HS has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X. Also, the Ryzen 7 8845HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 8845HS outputs less heat than Ryzen Threadripper 3970X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. 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 3970X has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 8845HS. The Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 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 3970X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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