AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X vs AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X with 24 cores 4.2GHz and AMD Ryzen 9 3900X with 12 cores 3.8GHz . 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 4 years and 3 months late

Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 3200)

Larger memory bandwidth (166.4GB/s vs 47.68GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 4.0)

Higher base frequency (4.2GHz vs 3.8GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 7nm)

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 's Advantages

Lower TDP (105W vs 350W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X +81%

3337

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

1842

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X +145%

28707

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

11715

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X

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AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

General Parameters

Oct 2023

Release Date

Jul 2019

AMD

Manufacturer

AMD

Desktop

Type

Desktop

-

Instruction Set

x86-64

Storm Peak

Core Architecture

Zen 2

AMD Socket sTR5

Socket

AM4

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Ryzen Threadripper (Zen 4 (Storm Peak))

Generation

-

Package

26.28 billions

Transistor Count

3.8 billions

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

350 W

Power Consumption

105 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

12

-

Performance Core Threads

24

4.2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.8 GHz

5.3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.6 GHz

24

Total Core Count

12

48

Total Thread Count

24

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

42x

Multiplier

38x

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

24 MB

L2 Cache

512 K per core

0 MB shared

L3 Cache

64 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

1

SMP

-

Memory Parameters

DDR5-5200

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

1 TB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

4

Max Memory Channels

2

166.4 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

47.68 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

5

PCIe Version

4.0

88

PCIe Lanes

16

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