AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 5600X and AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

  • CPU is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
  • Around 2% higher clock speed: 4.6 GHz vs 4.5 GHz
  • Around 40% higher maximum core temperature: 95 °C vs 68 °C
  • 4.3x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 280 Watt
  • Around 26% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3361 vs 2667
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 Nov 2020 vs 25 Nov 2019
Maximum frequency 4.6 GHz vs 4.5 GHz
Maximum core temperature 95 °C vs 68 °C
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 280 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 3361 vs 2667

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X

  • 26 more cores, run more applications at once: 32 vs 6
  • 52 more threads: 64 vs 12
  • 5.3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 5.3x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 4x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 512 GB vs 128 GB
  • 2.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 63271 vs 21913
  • 3x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score: 16764 vs 5675
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 32 vs 6
Number of threads 64 vs 12
L1 cache 2 MB vs 384 KB
L2 cache 16 MB vs 3 MB
L3 cache 128 MB vs 32 MB
Maximum memory size 512 GB vs 128 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 63271 vs 21913
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 16764 vs 5675

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3361
2667
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
21913
63271
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score
CPU 1
CPU 2
5675
16764
Name AMD Ryzen 5 5600X AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X
PassMark - Single thread mark 3361 2667
PassMark - CPU mark 21913 63271
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 5675 16764
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1264
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 22457

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 3 Zen 2
Launch date 5 Nov 2020 25 Nov 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $299 $1999
OPN PIB 100-100000065BOX
OPN Tray 100-000000065
Place in performance rating 648 238
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

Base frequency 3.7 GHz 3.7 GHz
L1 cache 384 KB 2 MB
L2 cache 3 MB 16 MB
L3 cache 32 MB 128 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 7 nm
Maximum core temperature 95 °C 68 °C
Maximum frequency 4.6 GHz 4.5 GHz
Number of cores 6 32
Number of threads 12 64
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Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 2 4
Maximum memory bandwidth 47.68 GB/s
Maximum memory size 128 GB 512 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR4-3200

Compatibility

Sockets supported AM4 sTRX4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 280 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 20 64
PCI Express revision 4.0 4.0
PCIe configurations 1x16+x4, 2x8+x4, 1x8+2x4+x4

Advanced Technologies

AMD SenseMI
AMD StoreMI technology
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)