amd ryzen threadripper 3990x vs amd ryzen 9 6900hx

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We compared two CPUs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X (Desktop) 64-cores against AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX (Laptop) 8-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

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved

Key Differences

What are the key differences between AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X and AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX
Advantages of AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X
  • Newer released 2019 years later
  • Has 56 more physical cores
  • Has 240 MB larger L3 cache size
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX
  • Newer released 3 years later
  • Consumes up to 84% less energy than the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X – 45 vs 280 Watt
  • 12% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.9 GHz vs 4.3 GHz)
  • More modern manufacturing process – 6 versus 7

Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs in 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

Full technical specification of ryzen threadripper 3990x and ryzen 9 6900hx

General

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX
Vendor AMD AMD
Released November 25 2019 January 4 2022
Type Desktop Laptop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Matisse Rembrandt H
Socket TR4 FP7
Integrated GPU - AMD Radeon 680M

Performance

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX
Cores 64 8
Threads 128 16
Base Frequency 2.9 GHz 3.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency 4.3 GHz 4.9 GHz
L1 Cache 96K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 256 MB 16 MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Power

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX
Fabrication process 7 nm, 12 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 280 W 45 W
Max. temperature °C 95°C

Memory support

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX
Memory types DDR4-3200 DDR5-4800
Memory Size 256 GB GB
Max. Memory Channels 4
Max. Memory Bandwidth 102.403 GB/s -
ECC Support Yes No

iGPU

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX
Integrated Graphics - AMD Radeon 680M
GPU Base Clock MHz 2000 MHz
Shading Units 768
TMUs 48
ROPs 32
TGP W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS

Misc

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX
Official site AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X official page AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX official page
PCI Express Version 4 4
PCI Express Lanes

Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX or AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X?