AMD Ryzen 9 7900X vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X
Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 9 7900X and AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X 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 9 7900X
- CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
- Around 30% higher clock speed: 5.6 GHz vs 4.3 GHz
- Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 100 °C vs 95 °C
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 5 nm vs 7 nm
- Around 65% lower typical power consumption: 170 Watt vs 280 Watt
- Around 66% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 4254 vs 2565
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 27 Sep 2022 vs 7 Feb 2020 |
Maximum frequency | 5.6 GHz vs 4.3 GHz |
Maximum core temperature | 100 °C vs 95 °C |
Manufacturing process technology | 5 nm vs 7 nm |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 170 Watt vs 280 Watt |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - Single thread mark | 4254 vs 2565 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X
- 52 more cores, run more applications at once: 64 vs 12
- 104 more threads: 128 vs 24
- 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
- 4x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
- Around 56% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 80659 vs 51695
- Around 43% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score: 18265 vs 12732
Specifications (specs) | |
Number of cores | 64 vs 12 |
Number of threads | 128 vs 24 |
L1 cache | 4 MB vs 768 KB |
L2 cache | 32 MB vs 12 MB |
L3 cache | 256 MB vs 64 MB |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - CPU mark | 80659 vs 51695 |
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score | 18265 vs 12732 |
Compare benchmarks
CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X
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3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score |
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Name | AMD Ryzen 9 7900X | AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X |
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PassMark - Single thread mark | 4254 | 2565 |
PassMark - CPU mark | 51695 | 80659 |
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score | 12732 | 18265 |
Geekbench 4 - Single Core | 1214 | |
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core | 23273 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X | AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture codename | Zen 4 | Zen |
Launch date | 27 Sep 2022 | 7 Feb 2020 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $549 | $3990 |
OPN Tray | 100-000000589 | 100-000000163 |
Place in performance rating | 87 | 131 |
Vertical segment | Desktop | Desktop |
OPN PIB | 100-100000163WOF | |
Performance |
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Base frequency | 4.7 GHz | 2.9 GHz |
Die size | 70 mm² | |
L1 cache | 768 KB | 4 MB |
L2 cache | 12 MB | 32 MB |
L3 cache | 64 MB | 256 MB |
Manufacturing process technology | 5 nm | 7 nm |
Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 47 °C | |
Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | 95 °C |
Maximum frequency | 5.6 GHz | 4.3 GHz |
Number of cores | 12 | 64 |
Number of threads | 24 | 128 |
Transistor count | 13140 million | |
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Memory |
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ECC memory support | ||
Max memory channels | 2 | 8 |
Supported memory types | DDR5-5200 | DDR4-3200 |
Maximum memory size | 512 GB | |
Compatibility |
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Max number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 | |
Sockets supported | AM5 | sTRX4 |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 170 Watt | 280 Watt |
Peripherals |
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Max number of PCIe lanes | 24 | |
PCI Express revision | 5.0 | 4.0 |
Advanced Technologies |
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Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP) | ||
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 |
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AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™) |