AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X vs AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 2200GE

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X and AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 2200GE 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 3970X

  • CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • 28 more cores, run more applications at once: 32 vs 4
  • 60 more threads: 64 vs 4
  • Around 25% higher clock speed: 4.5 GHz vs 3.6 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 14 nm FinFET
  • 5.3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 8x 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: 2664 vs 2055
  • 9.8x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 63066 vs 6404
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 25 Nov 2019 vs 10 May 2018
Number of cores 32 vs 4
Number of threads 64 vs 4
Maximum frequency 4.5 GHz vs 3.6 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 14 nm FinFET
L1 cache 2 MB vs 384 KB
L2 cache 16 MB vs 2 MB
L3 cache 128 MB vs 4 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2664 vs 2055
PassMark - CPU mark 63066 vs 6404

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 2200GE

  • Around 40% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 68 °C
  • 8x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 280 Watt
Maximum core temperature 95°C vs 68 °C
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 280 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 2200GE

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2664
2055
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
63066
6404
Name AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 2200GE
PassMark - Single thread mark 2664 2055
PassMark - CPU mark 63066 6404
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1264
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 22457
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 16672
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 28.715
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 387.896
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.419
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 40.816
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 134.646

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 2200GE

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2
Launch date 25 Nov 2019 10 May 2018
Launch price (MSRP) $1999
Place in performance rating 193 248
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Family AMD Ryzen PRO Processors
OPN Tray YD2200C6M4MFB
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 3.7 GHz 3.2 GHz
L1 cache 2 MB 384 KB
L2 cache 16 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 3.6 GHz
Number of cores 32 4
Number of threads 64 4
Unlocked
Number of GPU cores 8

Memory

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

Compatibility

Sockets supported sTRX4 AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 280 Watt 35 Watt
Configurable TDP n/a
Thermal Solution Not included

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 64
PCI Express revision 4.0 3.0 x8

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