AMD Ryzen 5 2600X vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X

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AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 2600X with 6 cores 3.6GHz and AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X with 32 cores 4GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X 's Advantages

Lower TDP (95W vs 350W)

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X 's Advantages

Released 5 years and 6 months late

Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 2933)

Larger memory bandwidth (166.4GB/s vs 43.71GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (4GHz vs 3.6GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 16MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 12nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

1164

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X +152%

2942

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

5236

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X +386%

25488

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X

General Parameters

Apr 2018

Release Date

Oct 2023

AMD

Manufacturer

AMD

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

-

Zen+

Core Architecture

Storm Peak

AM4

Socket

AMD Socket sTR5

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

-

Generation

Ryzen Threadripper (Zen 4 (Storm Peak))

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

26.28 billions

12 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

95 W

Power Consumption

350 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

Foundry

TSMC

-

Die Size

4x71 mm²

-

I/O Process Size

6 nm

-

I/O Die Size

388 mm²

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

-

12

Performance Core Threads

-

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

4 GHz

4.2 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5.3 GHz

6

Total Core Count

32

12

Total Thread Count

64

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

36x

Multiplier

40.0

96 K per core

L1 Cache

64 KB per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

32 MB

16 MB shared

L3 Cache

128 MB

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

-

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2933

Memory Types

DDR5-5200

64 GB

Max Memory Size

1 TB

2

Max Memory Channels

4

43.71 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

166.4 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

Official Website

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X

3.0

PCIe Version

5

20

PCIe Lanes

88

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