AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX

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AMD Ryzen 5 3600 AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 with 6 cores 3.6GHz and AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX with 24 cores 3.0GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 's Advantages

Released 9 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR4-2933)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 3.0GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 12nm)

Lower TDP (65W vs 250W)

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX 's Advantages

Larger memory bandwidth (87.42GB/s vs 51.2GB/s)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 32MB)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 +10%

1281

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX

1159

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

9354

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX +181%

26292

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 +26%

1640

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX

1297

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

7084

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX +18%

8391

Blender

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

156

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX +126%

353

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 +16%

1240

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX

1064

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

7078

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX +67%

11876

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 +10%

2565

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX

2319

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

17685

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX +69%

29986

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX

General Parameters

Jul 2019

Release Date

Oct 2018

AMD

Manufacturer

AMD

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Matisse

Core Architecture

Zen+

AM4

Socket

sTR4

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

19.2 billions

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

12 nm

AM4

Socket

sTR4

65 W

Power Consumption

250 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

68 °C

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

24

12

Performance Core Threads

48

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.0 GHz

4.2 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.2 GHz

6

Total Core Count

24

12

Total Thread Count

48

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

36x

Multiplier

30x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

96 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

32 MB shared

L3 Cache

64 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-2933

128 GB

Max Memory Size

2048 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

4

51.2 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

87.42 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

Official Website

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

16

PCIe Lanes

60

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