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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X vs Ryzen 7 9800X3D

59 out of 100
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X
VS
78 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.8 GHz AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X with 24-cores against the 4.7 GHz Ryzen 7 9800X3D with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
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Currency
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6.0
(Bad)
Value Index
50.2
(Average)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 9800X3D and 3960X
Advantages of AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X
  • Has 16 more physical cores
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Supports quad-channel memory
  • Has 32 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
  • Around 12.8 GB/s (14%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
  • Newer - released 5 years and 1 month later
  • 2.2x faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3315 vs 1523 points
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 4 versus 7 nanometers
  • Newer PCI Express version โ€“ 5.0
  • 16% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.2 GHz vs 4.5 GHz)
  • Includes an integrated GPU Radeon Graphics

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen Threadripper 3960X
vs
Ryzen 7 9800X3D

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 708
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 5087
Cinebench Scores (#87th place)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 824.2 MB/sec 1730 MB/sec
Clang compilation 168.6 Klines/sec 140.3 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 236.3 pages/sec 356.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 164.3 Mpixels/sec 509 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 130.7 pages/sec 337 pages/sec
Background blur 38.4 images/sec 90.4 images/sec
Photo processing 80.1 images/sec 135.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 38 Mpixels/sec 29.1 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 198.9 GOps/sec 116.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 116.7 GOps/sec 79.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 416M Primes/sec 420M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 94.6M Strings/sec 48.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 57.2 GBytes/sec 22.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 894.8 MBytes/sec 467.2 MBytes/sec
Physics 3307 Frames/sec 4071 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 57.8B Matrices/sec 38.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 1307 & 25509 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 6.9 PPW 11.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 40.4 PPW 152.9 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 195.6 PPW 332.7 PPW
Blender / Watt 1.95 PPW 2.68 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
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๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-08-28 (Average)Cinebench 2026735 / 5624
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-08-17 (looch)Cinebench 2026708 / 5087
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-07-20 (szegi)Cinebench 2024138 / 1365
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-07-08 (Spice Master)Cinebench 2026764 / 5801
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-05-08 (ChronicallyEve)Cinebench 2026721 / 5465
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Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X and Ryzen 7 9800X3D

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released November 25, 2019 October 31, 2024
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename - Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Model number - 9800X3D
Integrated GPU No Radeon Graphics
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (69th and 14th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 24 8
P-Threads 48 16
Base Frequency (P) 3.8 GHz 4.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.5 GHz 5.2 GHz
Total
Total Cores 24 8
Total Threads 48 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 38x 47x
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 80K (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 -
Fabrication Process 7 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 280 W 120 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) - 162 W
Socket sTRX4 AM5
Peak Temperature 95ยฐC 95ยฐC
Desktop CPU ranking (80th and 27th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics - Radeon Graphics
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
See: Radeon Graphics iGPU (Ryzen 7000) benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-3200 - DDR5-5600
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 192 GB
Memory Channels 4 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 102.4 GB/s 89.6 GB/s
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X official page AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 64 28

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Comments

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