AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X vs AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 2200G

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X and AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 2200G processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics, Graphics interfaces. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X

  • CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • 20 more cores, run more applications at once: 24 vs 4
  • 44 more threads: 48 vs 4
  • Around 22% higher clock speed: 4.5 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 14 nm FinFET
  • 4.4x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 6x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 32x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 30% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2681 vs 2061
  • 8.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 54860 vs 6786
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 25 Nov 2019 vs 10 May 2018
Number of cores 24 vs 4
Number of threads 48 vs 4
Maximum frequency 4.5 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 14 nm FinFET
L1 cache 1.5 MB vs 348 KB
L2 cache 12 MB vs 2 MB
L3 cache 128 MB vs 4 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2681 vs 2061
PassMark - CPU mark 54860 vs 6786

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 2200G

  • Around 40% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 68 °C
  • 4.3x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 280 Watt
Maximum core temperature 95°C vs 68 °C
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 280 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 2200G

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2681
2061
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
54860
6786
Name AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 2200G
PassMark - Single thread mark 2681 2061
PassMark - CPU mark 54860 6786
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1267
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 19997
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 14014
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 28.611
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 398.506
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.304
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 41.605
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 130.649

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 2200G

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2
Launch date 25 Nov 2019 10 May 2018
Launch price (MSRP) $1399
Place in performance rating 348 222
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Family AMD Ryzen PRO Processors
OPN Tray YD220BC5M4MFB
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Series AMD Ryzen 3 PRO Desktop Processors with Radeon Vega Graphics

Performance

Base frequency 3.8 GHz 3.5 GHz
L1 cache 1.5 MB 348 KB
L2 cache 12 MB 2 MB
L3 cache 128 MB 4 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 14 nm FinFET
Maximum core temperature 68 °C 95°C
Maximum frequency 4.5 GHz 3.7 GHz
Number of cores 24 4
Number of threads 48 4
Unlocked
Compute Cores 12
Number of GPU cores 8

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 4 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 512 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-3200
Supported memory frequency 2933 MHz

Compatibility

Sockets supported sTRX4 AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 280 Watt 65 Watt
Configurable TDP 46-65 Watt
Thermal Solution Wraith Stealth

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 64
PCI Express revision 4.0 3.0

Advanced Technologies

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

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)

Graphics

Graphics max frequency 1100 MHz
iGPU core count 8
Processor graphics Radeon Vega 8 Graphics

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI