AMD EPYC 7F72 vs AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
Summary
Reasons to consider AMD EPYC 7F72 |
| Higher theoretical multi-threaded performance, based on specifications plus core architecture. |
Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 9 3950X |
| 135 watts lower power draw. |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture. |
Gaming
HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.
Productivity
HWBench recommends AMD EPYC 7F72
Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.
Features
| AMD EPYC 7F72 | | AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | |
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| MMX | | | |
| EMMX | | | |
| SSE | | | |
| SSE2 | | | |
| SSE3 | | | |
| SSSE3 | | | |
| SSE4.1 | | | |
| SSE4.2 | | | |
| SSE4A | | | |
| AVX | | | |
| AVX2 | | | |
| ABM | | | |
| BMI1 | | | |
| BMI2 | | | |
| FMA3 | | | |
| AES | | | |
| RdRand | | | |
| SHA | | | |
| ADX | | | |
| CLMUL | | | |
| F16C | | | |
| Real | | | |
| Protected | | | |
| SMM | | | |
| FPU | | | |
| NX bit | | | |
| SMT | | | |
| AMD-Vi | | | |
| AMD-V | | | |
| SME | | | |
| TSME | | | |
| SEV | | | |
| SenseMi | | | |
| Boost 2 | | | |
| AMD64 | | | |
| EVP | | | |
| SMAP | | | |
| SMEP | | | |
| Precision Boost 2 | | | |
| XFR 2 | | | |
Architecture
| AMD EPYC 7F72 | | AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | |
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| Architecture | AMD Zen 2 | vs | AMD Zen 2 |
| Market | Server | vs | Desktop |
| Memory Support | DDR4-3200 MHz
Eight-channel | vs | DDR4 |
| Codename | Rome | vs | Zen 2 |
| Release Date | Apr 2020 | vs | Sep 2019 |
Cores
| AMD EPYC 7F72 | | AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | |
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| Cores | 24 | vs | 16 |
| Threads | 48 | vs | 32 |
| SMPs | 2 | vs | 1 |
| Integrated Graphics | No | vs | No |
Cache
| AMD EPYC 7F72 | | AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | |
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| L1 Cache | 96K (per core) | vs | 96K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 512K (per core) | vs | 512K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 192MB (shared) | vs | 72MB |
Physical
| AMD EPYC 7F72 | | AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | |
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| Socket | AMD Socket SP3 | vs | AMD Socket AM4 |
| Max Case Temp | N/A | vs | unknown |
| Package | FCLGA-4094 | vs | |
| Die Size | 74mm² | vs | unknown |
| Process | 7 nm | vs | 7 nm |
Performance
| AMD EPYC 7F72 | | AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | |
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| Cpu Frequency | 3200 MHz | vs | 3500 MHz |
| Turbo Clock | 3700 MHz | vs | 4700 MHz |
| Base Clock | 100 MHz | vs | 100 MHz |
| Voltage | N/A | vs | variable |
| TDP | 240 W | vs | 105 W |
AMD EPYC 7F72
4144 points
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
5264 points
Points - higher is better
AMD EPYC 7F72
104939 points
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
76518 points
Points - higher is better