AMD Ryzen 7 3700 vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX

AMD Ryzen 7 3700
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3800 MHz / Cores: 8 / Dec 2019
AMD Ryzen 7 3700
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX
AMD Socket SP3r2DESKTOP
3400 MHz / Cores: 32 / Aug 2018
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 7 3700
    100%
  • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX
    154%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 7 3700
    122%
  • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 7 3700
    100%
  • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX
    227%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 7 3700

Much higher single threaded performance (around 22% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
155 watts lower power draw.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 127% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX

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


Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 7 3700AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX
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
3DNow!
CnQ
NX bit
XFR

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 7 3700AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX
ArchitectureAMD Zen 2vsAMD Zen+
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
CodenameZen 2vsZen
Release DateDec 2019vsAug 2018

Cores

AMD Ryzen 7 3700AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX
Cores8vs32
Threads16vs64
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

AMD Ryzen 7 3700AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX
L1 Cache96K (per core)vs128 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512K (per core)vs512 KB (per core)
L3 Cache32MBvs32768 KB

Physical

AMD Ryzen 7 3700AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsAMD Socket SP3r2
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
PackagevsuPGA
Die Sizeunknownvs384mm²
Process7 nmvs12 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 7 3700AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX
Cpu Frequency3800 MHzvs3400 MHz
Turbo Clock4600 MHzvs4000 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltagevariablevsvariable
TDP95 Wvs250 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 7 3700
    5152 points
  • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX
    4400 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 7 3700
    41538 points
  • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX
    146009 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 7 3700 (simulated)
    208.05
  • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX
    170

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 7 3700 (simulated)
    2217.72
  • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX
    5036

points - higher is better