AMD A8-7670K vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX

Comparative analysis of AMD A8-7670K and AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Peripherals. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A8-7670K

• Around 6% higher maximum core temperature: 72.40°C vs 68°C
• 2.6x lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 250 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX

• 28 more cores, run more applications at once: 32 vs 4
• 60 more threads: 64 vs 4
• Around 8% higher clock speed: 4.2 GHz vs 3.9 GHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 12 nm vs 28 nm
• 12x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• Around 53% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2291 vs 1493
• 10x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 32216 vs 3213

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A8-7670K
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1493 2291
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	3213 32216

Compare specifications (specs)