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

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
4254
2565
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
51695
80659
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score
CPU 1
CPU 2
12732
18265
Name AMD Ryzen 9 7900X AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X
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

Essentials

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

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

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 2 8
Supported memory types DDR5-5200 DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size 512 GB

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Sockets supported AM5 sTRX4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 170 Watt 280 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 24
PCI Express revision 5.0 4.0

Advanced Technologies

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

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)