AMD Ryzen 5 8600G vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 8600G 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, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 8600G

  • CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 11% higher clock speed: 5 GHz vs 4.5 GHz
  • Around 40% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 68 °C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 4 nm vs 7 nm
  • 4.3x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 280 Watt
  • Around 46% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3890 vs 2664
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 8 Jan 2024 vs 25 Nov 2019
Maximum frequency 5 GHz vs 4.5 GHz
Maximum core temperature 95°C vs 68 °C
Manufacturing process technology 4 nm vs 7 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 280 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 3890 vs 2664

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
  • 2.7x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 8x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • 2.5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 63066 vs 25348
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 32 vs 6
Number of threads 64 vs 12
L1 cache 2 MB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 16 MB vs 1 MB (per core)
L3 cache 128 MB vs 16 MB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 63066 vs 25348

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 8600G
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3890
2664
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
25348
63066
Name AMD Ryzen 5 8600G AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X
PassMark - Single thread mark 3890 2664
PassMark - CPU mark 25348 63066
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1264
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 22457
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 16672

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 5 8600G AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X

Essentials

Launch date 8 Jan 2024 25 Nov 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $229 $1999
Place in performance rating 216 193
Architecture codename Zen 2
Vertical segment Desktop

Performance

Base frequency 4.3 GHz 3.7 GHz
Die size 178 mm²
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) 2 MB
L2 cache 1 MB (per core) 16 MB
L3 cache 16 MB (shared) 128 MB
Manufacturing process technology 4 nm 7 nm
Maximum core temperature 95°C 68 °C
Maximum frequency 5 GHz 4.5 GHz
Number of cores 6 32
Number of threads 12 64
Transistor count 25,000 million
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Memory

ECC memory support
Supported memory types DDR5 DDR4-3200
Max memory channels 4
Maximum memory size 512 GB

Compatibility

Configurable TDP 45 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Sockets supported AM5 sTRX4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 280 Watt

Peripherals

PCIe configurations Gen 4, 20 Lanes, (CPU only)
Max number of PCIe lanes 64
PCI Express revision 4.0

Advanced Technologies

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™)