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    AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X

    AMD Ryzen 5 3600
    AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
    3600 MHz / Cores: 6 / Mar 2019
    AMD Ryzen 5 3600
    AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X
    AMD Socket SP3r2DESKTOP
    3100 MHz / Cores: 16 / Aug 2018
    AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • AMD Ryzen 5 3600
      100%
    • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X
      144%

    Relative performance

    Single thread performance index

    • AMD Ryzen 5 3600
      117%
    • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X
      100%

    Relative performance

    Multi thread performance index

    • AMD Ryzen 5 3600
      100%
    • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X
      203%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 3600

    17% higher single threaded performance.
    60 watts lower power draw.

    Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X

    Much higher multi threaded performance (around 103% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
    No winner

    Gaming

    No clear winner declared

    AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X

    Productivity

    HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X

    Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.

    Specifications

    Features

    AMD Ryzen 5 3600AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X
    MMX
    SSE
    SSE2
    SSE3
    SSSE3
    SSE4A
    SSE4.1
    SSE4.2
    AES
    AVX
    AVX2
    BMI1
    BMI2
    SHA
    F16C
    FMA3
    AMD64
    EVP
    AMD-V
    SMAP
    SMEP
    SMT
    Precision Boost 2
    XFR 2

    Architecture

    AMD Ryzen 5 3600AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X
    ArchitectureAMD Zen 2vsAMD Zen+
    MarketDesktopvsDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
    CodenameZen 2vsZen
    Release DateMar 2019vsAug 2018

    Cores

    AMD Ryzen 5 3600AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X
    Cores6vs16
    Threads12vs32
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

    Cache

    AMD Ryzen 5 3600AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X
    L1 Cache96K (per core)vs96 KB (per core)
    L2 Cache512K (per core)vs512 KB (per core)
    L3 Cache16MB (shared)vs32768 KB

    Physical

    AMD Ryzen 5 3600AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X
    SocketAMD Socket AM4vsAMD Socket SP3r2
    Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
    PackagevsFCLGA-4094
    Die Sizeunknownvs213mm²
    Process7 nmvs14 nm

    Performance

    AMD Ryzen 5 3600AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X
    Cpu Frequency3600 MHzvs3100 MHz
    Turbo Clock4400 MHzvs3700 MHz
    Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
    Voltagevariablevsvariable
    TDP65 Wvs125 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Ryzen 5 3600
      4928 points
    • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X
      4070 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Ryzen 5 3600
      29514 points
    • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X
      66563 points

    Points - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

    • AMD Ryzen 5 3600 (simulated)
      206.31
    • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X
      175

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

    • AMD Ryzen 5 3600 (simulated)
      1575.75
    • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X
      3210

    points - higher is better

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