amd ryzen threadripper 3970x vs amd ryzen 9 5950x
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We compared two CPUs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X (Desktop) 32-cores against AMD Ryzen 9 5950X (Desktop) 16-cores. In this comparison page, we check which of these two processor has better performance in benchmark results, Games, architecture, price and other useful information.
Review
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Key Differences
Advantages of AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X
- Newer released 2019 years later
- Has 16 more physical cores
- Around 51.2 GB/s (50%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- Has 64 MB larger L3 cache size
- Supports up to 256 GB DDR4 Eight-channel RAM
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
- Newer released 1 years later
- Consumes up to 62% less energy than the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X – 105 vs 280 Watt
- 8% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.9 GHz vs 4.5 GHz)
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
Specifications
General
| AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X | AMD Ryzen 9 5950X | |
| Vendor | AMD | AMD |
| Released | November 7 2019 | October 8 2020 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| instruction set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Matisse | Vermeer |
| Socket | TR4 | AM4 |
| Integrated GPU | - | - |
Performance
| AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X | AMD Ryzen 9 5950X | |
| Cores | 32 | 16 |
| Threads | 64 | 32 |
| Base Frequency | 3.7 GHz | 3.4 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency | 4.5 GHz | 4.9 GHz |
| L1 Cache | 96K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 512K (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 128 MB | 64 MB |
| Unlocked Multiplier | Yes | Yes |
Power
| AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X | AMD Ryzen 9 5950X | |
| Fabrication process | 7 nm, 12 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 280 W | 105 W |
Memory support
| AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X | AMD Ryzen 9 5950X | |
| Memory types | DDR4 Eight-channel | DDR4-3200 |
| Memory Size | 256 GB | 128 GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 4 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 102.403 GB/s | 51.196 GB/s |
| ECC Support | Yes | No |
iGPU
| AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X | AMD Ryzen 9 5950X | |
| Integrated Graphics | - | - |
Misc
| AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X | AMD Ryzen 9 5950X | |
| Official site | AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X official page | AMD Ryzen 9 5950X official page |
| PCI Express Version | 4 | |
| PCI Express Lanes |