AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X vs Ryzen 7 7800X3D
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We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.8 GHz AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X with 24-cores against the 4.2 GHz Ryzen 7 7800X3D with 8-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
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
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Value for money (Beta)
Key Differences
Advantages of AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X
- Has 16 more physical cores
- Unlocked multiplier
- Supports up to 256 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
- Supports quad-channel memory
- Has 32 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
- More than 6° C higher critical temperature
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
- Newer - released 3 years and 2 months later
- 74% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2657 vs 1523 points
- More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 7 nanometers
- Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
- Includes an integrated GPU Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
- 11% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 4.5 GHz)
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
| Cinebench 2026 (Single) | - | 575 |
| Cinebench 2026 (Multi) | - | 4363 |
Cinebench Scores (#124th place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 824.2 MB/sec | 1710 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 168.6 Klines/sec | 111.9 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 236.3 pages/sec | 331.1 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 164.3 Mpixels/sec | 399 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 130.7 pages/sec | 266.2 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 38.4 images/sec | 65.8 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 80.1 images/sec | 117 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 38 Mpixels/sec | 22.9 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 198.9 GOps/sec | 103.2 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 116.7 GOps/sec | 60.9 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 416M Primes/sec | 319M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 94.6M Strings/sec | 46M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 57.2 GBytes/sec | 22.3 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 894.8 MBytes/sec | 384.2 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 3307 Frames/sec | 3510 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 57.8B Matrices/sec | 29.1B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 6.9 PPW | 9.3 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 40.4 PPW | 127.7 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 195.6 PPW | 285.6 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 1.95 PPW | 2.22 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X
No benchmark results yet
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-06-30 (Indyee) | Cinebench 2026 | 571 / 4254 |
| 📘 2026-06-07 (mNine) | Cinebench 2024 | 1768 / 17329 |
| 📘 2026-06-03 (Ker_Sandwichman) | Cinebench 2024 | 112 / 1073 |
| 📘 2026-05-24 (Corey) | Cinebench 2026 | 564 / 4313 |
| 📘 2026-05-18 (CN Merritt) | Cinebench 2024 | 109 / 1084 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X and Ryzen 7 7800X3DGeneral
| Vendor | Amd | Amd |
| Released | November 25, 2019 | January 4, 2023 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Instruction Set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | - | Zen 4 (Raphael) |
| Integrated GPU | No | Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) |
| Rival Equivalent | - | - Intel Core i7 13700K |
| Successor | - | - AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D |
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (69th and 47th place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 24 | 8 |
| P-Threads | 48 | 16 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.8 GHz | 4.2 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 4.5 GHz | 5 GHz |
| Total Cores | 24 | 8 |
| Total Threads | 48 | 16 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 38x | 42x |
| L1 Cache | 64K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 512K (per core) | 1MB (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 128MB (shared) | 96MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | Yes | No |
Package
| Transistors | 15.2 billions | 11.2 billions |
| Fabrication Process | 7 nm | 5 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 280 W | 120 W |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | - | 162 W |
| Socket | sTRX4 | AM5 |
| Peak Temperature | 95°C | 89°C |
Desktop CPU ranking (80th and 68th place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | - | Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) |
| GPU Base Clock | - | 400 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | - | 2200 MHz |
| Shading Units | - | 128 |
| TMUs | - | 8 |
| ROPs | - | 4 |
| Execution Units | - | 2 |
| TGP | - | 15 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - DDR4-3200 | - DDR5-5200 |
| Max. Memory Size | 256 GB | 128 GB |
| Memory Channels | 4 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 102.4 GB/s | - |
| ECC Support | Yes | Yes |
Misc
| Official Site | AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X official page | AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D official page |
| PCI Express Version | 4.0 | 5.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 64 | 28 |
Further details
Notes on Ryzen 7 7800X3D:
- ECC requires mobo support.
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