AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX 's Advantages
Lower TDP (250W vs 350W)
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X 's Advantages
Released 5 years late
Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 2933)
Larger memory bandwidth (166.4GB/s vs 87.42GB/s)
Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3.0)
Higher base frequency (4.2GHz vs 3.0GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 12nm)