AMD Ryzen 9 3950X vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX

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AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 3950X with 16 cores 3.5GHz and AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX with 32 cores 3.0GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 3 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 2933)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 3.0GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 12nm)

Lower TDP (105W vs 250W)

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 's Advantages

Larger memory bandwidth (87.42GB/s vs 47.68GB/s)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X +34%

1349

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX

1005

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

24396

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX +21%

29651

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X +36%

1709

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX

1253

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X +55%

11656

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX

7480

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X +30%

1279

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX

977

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

14487

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX +19%

17328

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X +18%

2692

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX

2278

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X +22%

38953

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX

31873

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX

General Parameters

Nov 2019

Release Date

Aug 2018

AMD

Manufacturer

AMD

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 2

Core Architecture

Zen+

AM4

Socket

sTR4

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

19.2 billions

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

12 nm

105 W

Power Consumption

250 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

68 °C

CPU Performance

16

Performance Cores

32

Performance Core Threads

64

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.0 GHz

4.7 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.2 GHz

16

Total Core Count

32

Total Thread Count

64

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

35x

Multiplier

30x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

96 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

64 MB shared

L3 Cache

64 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-2933

128 GB

Max Memory Size

2048 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

4

47.68 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

87.42 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

Official Website

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

16

PCIe Lanes

60

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