AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X vs AMD EPYC 7601

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X
AMD Socket TR4DESKTOP
3800 MHz / Cores: 24 / Nov 2019
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X
AMD EPYC 7601
AMD Socket TR4SERVER
2200 MHz / Cores: 32 / Jun 2017
AMD EPYC 7601

Summary

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X

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.
Higher theoretical multi-threaded performance, based on specifications plus core architecture.
Higher overall performance, based on specifications plus core architecture.

Reasons to consider AMD EPYC 7601

100 watts lower power draw.

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X

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


Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960XAMD EPYC 7601
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 Threadripper 3960XAMD EPYC 7601
ArchitectureAMD Zen 2vsAMD Zen
MarketDesktopvsServer
Memory SupportDDR4-3200 MHz Quad-channelvsDDR4
CodenameMatissevsZen
Release DateNov 2019vsJun 2017

Cores

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960XAMD EPYC 7601
Cores24vs32
Threads48vs64
SMPs1vs2
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960XAMD EPYC 7601
L1 Cache96K (per core)vs96 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512K (per core)vs512 KB (per core)
L3 Cache128MBvs65536 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960XAMD EPYC 7601
SocketAMD Socket TR4vsAMD Socket TR4
Max Case Temp95°Cvsunknown
PackagesTRX4vsuPGA
Die Size74mm²vs192mm²
Process7 nmvs14 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960XAMD EPYC 7601
Cpu Frequency3800 MHzvs2200 MHz
Turbo Clock4500 MHzvs3200 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
VoltageN/Avsvariable
TDP280 Wvs180 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X
    5040 points
  • AMD EPYC 7601
    3520 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X
    124615 points
  • AMD EPYC 7601
    94476 points

Points - higher is better