AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X vs AMD Ryzen 9 3800X

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X and AMD Ryzen 9 3800X 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 Threadripper 3970X

  • 16 more cores, run more applications at once: 32 vs 16
  • 32 more threads: 64 vs 32
  • Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 4194304x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • 2.7x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 63271 vs 23179
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 32 vs 16
Number of threads 64 vs 32
L1 cache 2 MB vs 96K (per core)
L2 cache 16 MB vs 512K (per core)
L3 cache 128 MB vs 32MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 63271 vs 23179

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 9 3800X

  • Around 4% higher clock speed: 4.7 GHz vs 4.5 GHz
  • 2.2x lower typical power consumption: 125 Watt vs 280 Watt
  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2718 vs 2667
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 4.7 GHz vs 4.5 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 Watt vs 280 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2718 vs 2667

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 9 3800X

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2667
2718
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
63271
23179
Name AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X AMD Ryzen 9 3800X
PassMark - Single thread mark 2667 2718
PassMark - CPU mark 63271 23179
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1264
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 22457
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 16764

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X AMD Ryzen 9 3800X

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2 Zen 2
Launch date 25 Nov 2019 December 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $1999
Place in performance rating 238 555
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

Base frequency 3.7 GHz 3.9 GHz
L1 cache 2 MB 96K (per core)
L2 cache 16 MB 512K (per core)
L3 cache 128 MB 32MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm
Maximum core temperature 68 °C
Maximum frequency 4.5 GHz 4.7 GHz
Number of cores 32 16
Number of threads 64 32
Unlocked
64 bit support
Front-side bus (FSB) 7 nm
Transistor count 19,200 million

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 4
Maximum memory size 512 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR4

Compatibility

Sockets supported sTRX4 AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 280 Watt 125 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 64
PCI Express revision 4.0

Advanced Technologies

Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)