AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X vs AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D

Compare AMD Ryzen Threadripper 32 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 1699.99
$ 455.05
$ 1244.94 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

15743 points
43% significantly better overall score
10982 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9436 points
13108 points
38% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

18087 points
76% significantly better multitasking score
10252 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

19374 points
93% significantly better heavy workload score
10031 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

16764 points
66% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
10082 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

694.97 points
113% significantly higher Blender score
325.43 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

13763 points
18346 points
33% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1662 points
3336 points
100% significantly 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
4.7 GHz
27% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz
5.2 GHz
15% 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

2048 KiB
220% significantly more L1 cache
640 KiB

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
33% slightly more L3 cache
96 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

20th of 1,089
70th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen Threadripper
Ryzen 9000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 November
2024 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Ryzen Threadripper 3970X vs Ryzen 7 9800X3D specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X is faster than the Ryzen 7 9800X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X has significantly more cores with 32 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 9800X3D that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 9800X3D. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X. Also, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 9800X3D 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 9800X3D. The Ryzen Threadripper 3970X also has slightly more L3 cache.

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 3970X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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