AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X with 32 cores 4GHz and AMD Ryzen 5 3500X with 6 cores 3.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X 's Advantages

Released 4 years and 1 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR5-5200 vs DDR4-3200)

Larger memory bandwidth (166.4GB/s vs 51.2GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 4)

Higher base frequency (4GHz vs 3.6GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 32MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 7nm)

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X 's Advantages

Lower TDP (65W vs 350W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X +78%

2942

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

1650

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X +290%

25488

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

6523

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X

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AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

General Parameters

Oct 2023

Release Date

Sep 2019

AMD

Manufacturer

AMD

Desktop

Type

Desktop

Storm Peak

Core Architecture

Matisse

AMD Socket sTR5

Socket

AMD Socket AM4

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Ryzen Threadripper (Zen 4 (Storm Peak))

Generation

Ryzen 5 (Zen 2 (Matisse))

Package

26.28 billions

Transistor Count

3.8 billions

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

AMD Socket sTR5

Socket

AMD Socket AM4

350 W

Power Consumption

65 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

95 °C

TSMC

Foundry

TSMC

4x71 mm²

Die Size

74 mm²

6 nm

I/O Process Size

12 nm

388 mm²

I/O Die Size

124 mm²

FC-LGA4844

Package

µOPGA-1331

CPU Performance

4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.6 GHz

5.3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.1 GHz

32

Total Core Count

6

64

Total Thread Count

6

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

40.0

Multiplier

36.0

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 KB per core

32 MB

L2 Cache

512 KB per core

128 MB

L3 Cache

32 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

1

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR5-5200

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

1 TB

Max Memory Size

-

4

Max Memory Channels

2

166.4 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

51.2 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

-

Graphics Performance

1.18 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

5

PCIe Version

4

88

PCIe Lanes

24

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