AMD Ryzen 9 3950X VS AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX
Benchmark results
specs
| Processor series | Normal | Normal |
| Launch date | Third quarter of 2019 | Third quarter of 2018 |
| Name | Zen 2 | Pinnacle-Ridge Zen+ |
| Designed for | Desktop | Desktop |
| Price | 650.0 | 1299.0 |
| Architecture | x86-64 (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| Virtualization | AMD - V / SEV | AMD - V / SEV |
| Hyper-Threading | Yes | Yes |
| Maximum dynamic frequency of graphics | Without turbo | Without turbo |
| Encoding and decoding VP8 | No | No |
| Encoding and decoding VP9 | No | No |
| Encoding and decoding AV1 | No | No |
| VC-1 encoding and decoding | No | No |
| Encoding and decoding of VCA | No | No |
| JPEG encoding and decoding | No | No |
| H.264 encoding and decoding | No | No |
| H.265 encoding and decoding (HEVC) | No | No |
| Cache | 64.00 Mb | 64.00 Mb |
| Number of cores | 16.0 | 24.0 |
| Number of sub-processes | 32.0 | 48.0 |
| Frequency of TDP decrease | 105 W | 250 W |
| Processor base frequency | 3.50 GHz | 3.00 GHz |
| Maximum turbo frequency | 4.70 GHz | 4.20 GHz |
| Overclocking | Yes | Yes |
| Maximum amount of PCI Express | 20.0 | 64.0 |
| PCI Express version | 4.0 | 3.0 |
| Maximum temperature (Tjunction) | 95 °C | - |
| Socket | AM4 | TR4 (SP3r2) |
| Maximum number of memory channels | 2.0 | 4.0 |
| ECC memory support | Yes | Yes |
| Maximum memory supported | 128 Gb | - |
| Supported memory types | DDR4 3200 MHz | DDR4 2933 MHz |
| Intel AES instruction support | Yes | Yes |
| Blender Score 2.81 (BMW 27) | 85.4 | 75.3 |
| Cinebench R11.5 Score (Multi-Core) | - | 43.88 |
| Cinebench R11.5 Score (Single-Core) | - | 2.21 |
| Cinebench R15 Score (Multi-Core) | 3897.0 | 4324.0 |
| Cinebench R15 Score (Single-Core) | 217.0 | 173.0 |
| Cinebench R20 Score (Multi-Core) | 9148.0 | 10008.0 |
| Cinebench R20 Score (Single-Core) | 531.0 | 431.0 |
| Cinebench R23 Score (Multi-Core) | 24050.0 | - |
| Cinebench R23 Score (Single-Core) | 1371.0 | - |
| PassMark CPU Mark Score | 34024.0 | 21950.0 |
| Geekbench 3 Score (Multi-Core) | - | 74753.0 |
| Geekbench 3 Score (Single-Core) | - | 4765.0 |
| Geekbench 5 Score (Multi-Core) | 14322.0 | 14740.0 |
| Geekbench 5 Score (Single-Core) | 1310.0 | 1020.0 |