AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3600 vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3600 and AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 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 PRO 3600

  • CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 40% higher maximum core temperature: 95 °C vs 68°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 12 nm
  • 2.8x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 180 Watt
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2487 vs 2458
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 30 Sep 2019 vs 31 August 2018
Maximum core temperature 95 °C vs 68°C
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 180 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2487 vs 2458

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X

  • 10 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 6
  • 20 more threads: 32 vs 12
  • Around 5% higher clock speed: 4.4 GHz vs 4.2 GHz
  • 4x 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
  • Around 69% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 29430 vs 17396
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 16 vs 6
Number of threads 32 vs 12
Maximum frequency 4.4 GHz vs 4.2 GHz
L1 cache 1536 KB vs 384 KB
L2 cache 8 MB vs 3 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 29430 vs 17396

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3600
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2487
2458
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
17396
29430
Name AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3600 AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X
PassMark - Single thread mark 2487 2458
PassMark - CPU mark 17396 29430
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1059
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 12581
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 7974

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3600 AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2 Zen+
Family Ryzen 5 AMD Ryzen Processors
Launch date 30 Sep 2019 31 August 2018
OPN Tray 100-000000029 YD295XA8UGAAF
Place in performance rating 830 838
Processor Number PRO 3600
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
OPN PIB YD295XA8AFWOF
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Price now $899.99
Series AMD Ryzen Threadripper Processors
Value for money (0-100) 8.50

Performance

Base frequency 3.6 GHz 3.5 GHz
L1 cache 384 KB 1536 KB
L2 cache 3 MB 8 MB
L3 cache 32 MB 32 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 12 nm
Maximum core temperature 95 °C 68°C
Maximum frequency 4.2 GHz 4.4 GHz
Number of cores 6 16
Number of threads 12 32
Unlocked
64 bit support
Die size 213 mm
Transistor count 9600 million

Memory

Max memory channels 2 4
Maximum memory bandwidth 47.68 GB/s
Maximum memory size 128 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR4
Supported memory frequency 2933 MHz

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM4 sTR4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 180 Watt
Thermal Solution Not included

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 20
PCI Express revision 4.0 3.0
PCIe configurations 1x16+x4, 2x8+x4, 1x8+2x4+x4

Advanced Technologies

AMD SenseMI
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
The "Zen" Core Architecture

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)