AMD Ryzen 9 3950X vs AMD EPYC 7601
Summary
Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 9 3950X |
| 75 watts lower power draw. |
| This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below). |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture. |
Reasons to consider AMD EPYC 7601 |
| Higher theoretical multi-threaded performance, based on 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 7601
Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.
Features
| AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | | AMD EPYC 7601 | |
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| 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 | | | |
Architecture
| AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | | AMD EPYC 7601 | |
|---|
| Architecture | AMD Zen 2 | vs | AMD Zen |
| Market | Desktop | vs | Server |
| Memory Support | DDR4 | vs | DDR4 |
| Codename | Zen 2 | vs | Zen |
| Release Date | Sep 2019 | vs | Jun 2017 |
Cores
| AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | | AMD EPYC 7601 | |
|---|
| Cores | 16 | vs | 32 |
| Threads | 32 | vs | 64 |
| SMPs | 1 | vs | 2 |
| Integrated Graphics | No | vs | No |
Cache
| AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | | AMD EPYC 7601 | |
|---|
| L1 Cache | 96K (per core) | vs | 96 KB (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 512K (per core) | vs | 512 KB (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 72MB | vs | 65536 KB (shared) |
Physical
| AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | | AMD EPYC 7601 | |
|---|
| Socket | AMD Socket AM4 | vs | AMD Socket TR4 |
| Max Case Temp | unknown | vs | unknown |
| Package | | vs | uPGA |
| Die Size | unknown | vs | 192mm² |
| Process | 7 nm | vs | 14 nm |
Performance
| AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | | AMD EPYC 7601 | |
|---|
| Cpu Frequency | 3500 MHz | vs | 2200 MHz |
| Turbo Clock | 4700 MHz | vs | 3200 MHz |
| Base Clock | 100 MHz | vs | 100 MHz |
| Voltage | variable | vs | variable |
| TDP | 105 W | vs | 180 W |
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
5264 points
AMD EPYC 7601
3520 points
Points - higher is better
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
76518 points
AMD EPYC 7601
94476 points
Points - higher is better