AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X vs AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X with 24 cores 4.2GHz and AMD Ryzen 5 1500X with 4 cores 3.5GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X 's Advantages

Released 6 years and 6 months late

Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 2666)

Larger memory bandwidth (166.4GB/s vs 39.74GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (4.2GHz vs 3.5GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 14nm)

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X 's Advantages

Lower TDP (65W vs 350W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X +193%

3337

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

1136

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X +668%

28707

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

3734

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X

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AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

General Parameters

Oct 2023

Release Date

Apr 2017

AMD

Manufacturer

AMD

Desktop

Type

Desktop

-

Instruction Set

x86-64

Storm Peak

Core Architecture

Zen

AMD Socket sTR5

Socket

AM4

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Ryzen Threadripper (Zen 4 (Storm Peak))

Generation

-

Package

26.28 billions

Transistor Count

4.8 billions

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

350 W

Power Consumption

65 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

95 °C

TSMC

Foundry

-

4x71 mm²

Die Size

-

6 nm

I/O Process Size

-

388 mm²

I/O Die Size

-

CPU Performance

-

Performance Cores

4

-

Performance Core Threads

8

4.2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.5 GHz

5.3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.7 GHz

24

Total Core Count

4

48

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

42x

Multiplier

35x

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

96 K per core

24 MB

L2 Cache

512 K per core

0 MB shared

L3 Cache

16 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

1

SMP

-

Memory Parameters

DDR5-5200

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

1 TB

Max Memory Size

64 GB

4

Max Memory Channels

2

166.4 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

39.74 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

5

PCIe Version

3.0

88

PCIe Lanes

20

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