AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X vs Ryzen 5 3600X
We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.5 GHz AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X with 16-cores against the 3.8 GHz Ryzen 5 3600X with 6-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of electricity consumption
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating
Key Differences
Advantages of AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X
- Supports up to 2048 GB DDR4-2933 RAM
- Has 10 more physical cores
- Supports quad-channel memory
- Around 39.74 GB/s (83%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
- Consumes up to 47% less energy than the Ryzen Threadripper 2950X – 95 vs 180 Watt
- More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 12 nanometers
- More than 27° C higher critical temperature
- Newer - released 10-months later
- Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
- 16% faster in a single-core Geekbench v5 test - 1325 vs 1138 points
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
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Specifications
General
| Vendor | AMD | AMD |
| Released | August 31, 2018 | July 7, 2019 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| instruction set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Zen+ | Zen 2 |
| Socket | sTR4 | AM4 |
| Integrated GPU | No | No |
Performance
| Cores | 16 | 6 |
| Threads | 32 | 12 |
| Base Frequency | 3.5 GHz | 3.8 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency | 4.4 GHz | 4.4 GHz |
| Bus frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 35x | 38x |
| L1 Cache | 96K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 512K (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 32MB (shared) | 32MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | Yes | Yes |
Power
| Transistors | 9.6 billions | 3.8 billions |
| Fabrication process | 12 nm | 7 nm |
| TDP | 180 W | 95 W |
| Max. temperature | 68°C | 95°C |
Memory support
| Memory types | DDR4-2933 | DDR4-3200 |
| Memory Size | 2048 GB | 128 GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 4 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 87.42 GB/s | 47.68 GB/s |
| ECC Support | Yes | Yes |
Misc
| Official site | AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X official page | AMD Ryzen 5 3600X official page |
| PCI Express Version | 3.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 60 | 16 |
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