AMD Ryzen 9 9950X vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 9 9950X and AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals. Benchmark processor performance analysis: 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X

• CPU is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
• Around 8% higher clock speed: 5.7 GHz vs 5.3 GHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 4 nm vs 5 nm
• 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 170 Watt vs 350 Watt
• Around 15% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 4742 vs 4132

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X

• 8 more cores, run more applications at once: 24 vs 16
• 16 more threads: 48 vs 32
• Around 20% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• Around 50% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• 2x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
• Around 27% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 83809 vs 66225

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	4742 4132
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	66225 83809

Compare specifications (specs)