AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X vs AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X with 64 cores 3.2GHz and AMD Ryzen 9 3950X with 16 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 7980X 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 11 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)

Larger L3 cache size (256MB vs 64MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 7nm)

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 3.2GHz)

Lower TDP (105W vs 350W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X +40%

1891

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

1349

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X +303%

98341

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

24396

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X +65%

2828

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

1709

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X +130%

26811

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

11656

Cinebench 2024 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X +56%

113

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

72

Cinebench 2024 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X +317%

5531

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

1325

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X

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AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

General Parameters

Oct 2023

Release Date

Nov 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

52.56 billions

Transistor Count

3.8 billions

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

350 W

Power Consumption

105 W

TSMC

Foundry

-

8x71 mm²

Die Size

-

6 nm

I/O Process Size

-

388 mm

I/O Die Size

-

CPU Performance

-

Performance Cores

16

-

Performance Core Threads

32

3.2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.5 GHz

5.1 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.7 GHz

64

Total Core Count

16

128

Total Thread Count

32

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

32.0

Multiplier

35x

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

64 MB

L2 Cache

512 K per core

256 MB

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 7980X

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

5

PCIe Version

4.0

48

PCIe Lanes

16

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