AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X Overview

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X
Type: DESKTOP
Release date: Nov 2019
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X
AMD_Zen_2Architecture
24Cores
48Threads
3800 Mhz Frequency
4500 MhzTurbo Clock
280 W TDP

Summary

Relative performance

  • Intel Core i9-12900K
    135%
  • Intel Core i9-12900KF
    135%
  • Intel Core i5-10600K
    127%
  • Intel Core i5-10600KF
    127%
  • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X
    112%
  • Intel Core i9-10900K
    107%
  • Intel Core i7-10700K
    104%
  • AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT
    103%
  • Intel Core i9-9900KS
    103%
  • AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
    103%
  • AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT
    100%
  • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X
    100%
  • AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
    96%
  • AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
    84%
  • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX
    82%
  • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X
    79%
  • AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT
    77%
  • AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
    75%
  • Intel Core i9-7980XE
    75%
  • Intel Core i9-7960X
    73%
  • Intel Core i9-9900K
    69%
  • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X
    68%
  • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X
    65%
  • AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
    65%
  • Intel Core i9-7900X
    63%
  • Intel Core i7-9700K
    63%
  • Intel Core i9-10980XE
    62%
  • Intel Core i7-7820X
    60%
  • Intel Core i7-8700K
    60%
  • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X
    60%
  • AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
    58%
  • Intel Core i7-7800X
    55%
  • Intel Core i7-7700K
    55%
  • AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
    53%
  • Intel Core i5-8600K
    53%
  • Intel Core i7-6950X
    52%
  • AMD Ryzen 7 1800X
    52%
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    49%
  • Intel Core i7-6900K
    49%
  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700X
    49%
  • Intel Core i7-6850K
    49%
  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
    48%
  • Intel Core i7-4790K
    48%
  • Intel Core i5-7600K
    48%
  • Intel Core i5-8400
    48%
  • Intel Core i7-3960X
    47%
  • Intel Core i7-7700
    47%
  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700
    47%
  • Intel Core i5-7600
    47%
  • Intel Core i7-6700
    47%
  • Intel Core i3-7350K
    46%
  • Intel Core i7-6800K
    46%
  • Intel Core i7-7700T
    45%
  • Intel Core i7-5960X
    44%
  • Intel Core i5-6600K
    44%
  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    44%
  • Intel Core i7-4790
    44%
  • Intel Core i5-7500
    43%
  • AMD Ryzen 5 2400G
    43%
  • Intel Core i7-4940MX
    43%
  • Intel Core i7-4960X
    43%
  • AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
    43%
  • Intel Core i7-4980HQ
    42%
  • Intel Core i7-4910MQ
    42%
  • Intel Core i7-5820K
    42%
  • Intel Core i7-6700T
    42%
  • Intel Core i3-8100
    42%
  • Intel Core i7-4930MX
    42%
  • Intel Core i7-4790S
    41%
  • Intel Core i7-4810MQ
    40%
  • Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3
    40%
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    40%
  • Intel Core i7-4900MQ
    40%
  • Intel Core i5-7400
    40%
  • Intel Core i7-4800MQ
    39%
  • Intel Core i3-6100
    39%
  • AMD Ryzen 7 2700U
    39%
  • Intel Core i7-4870HQ
    39%
  • Intel Core i5-4590
    39%
  • Intel Core i5-8250U
    39%
  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    38%
  • AMD Ryzen 3 2200G
    38%
  • AMD Ryzen 5 2500U
    38%
  • Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2
    38%
  • AMD Ryzen 3 1300X
    38%
  • AMD Ryzen 5 1400
    37%
  • Intel Core i7-4710HQ
    37%
  • Intel Core i7-4700HQ
    36%
  • Intel Core i7-4770HQ
    36%
  • Intel Core i7-4700MQ
    36%
  • Intel Core i7-4850HQ
    36%
  • Intel Core i7-2600K
    36%
  • Intel Core i7-4702HQ
    34%
  • Intel Core i7-4750HQ
    34%
  • Intel Core i7-4702MQ
    34%
  • Intel Core i5-4430
    34%
  • Intel Core i7-4600M
    34%
  • Intel Core i7-5600U
    33%
  • AMD Ryzen 3 1200
    33%
  • Intel Core i7-4712HQ
    33%
  • Intel Core i5-2500K
    33%
  • Intel Core i5-4300M
    32%
  • Intel Core i5-5257U
    32%
  • Intel Core i7-4600U
    31%
  • Intel Core i7-4650U
    31%
  • Intel Core i7-3632QM
    31%
  • Intel Core i7-5500U
    31%
  • Intel Core i7-4550U
    30%
  • Intel Core i5-5300U
    30%
  • Intel Core i5-5350U
    30%
  • Intel Core i7-4500U
    29%
  • AMD FX-8370
    29%
  • Intel Core i7-5650U
    29%
  • AMD FX-8350
    28%
  • Intel Core i5-4258U
    28%
  • AMD FX-8370E
    28%
  • Intel Core i5-5250U
    28%
  • Intel Core i5-5200U
    28%
  • Intel Core i5-3230M
    27%
  • Intel Core i7-3537U
    26%
  • AMD A10-6800K
    26%
  • AMD Ryzen 7 2700
    26%
  • Intel Core i5-3437U
    26%
  • Intel Core i3-5157U
    25%
  • Intel Core i5-4200U
    25%
  • Intel Core M-5Y31
    25%
  • Intel Core i3-4000M
    24%
  • Intel Core i5-3337U
    24%
  • Intel Core M-5Y71
    24%
  • AMD A12-9800
    23%
  • Intel Core M-5Y70
    23%
  • AMD A8-5600K
    23%
  • AMD A10-7850K
    23%
  • AMD A6-6400K
    22%
  • AMD A10-7700K
    22%
  • Intel Core i3-5010U
    22%
  • AMD FX-8800P
    21%
  • Intel Core M-5Y10a
    21%
  • Intel Core M-5Y51
    21%
  • Intel Core i3-5005U
    21%
  • Intel Core i3-3110M
    21%
  • Intel Core M-5Y10
    20%
  • Intel Core i3-4158U
    20%
  • AMD A10-5750M
    19%
  • Intel Core i5-3339Y
    18%
  • AMD A8-5550M
    17%
  • Intel Core i3-4005U
    17%
  • Intel Core i3-4010U
    17%
  • Intel Core M-5Y10c
    17%
  • AMD A4-5300
    16%
  • Intel Pentium 3556U
    16%
  • AMD A10-5745M
    16%
  • AMD A10-4600M
    16%
  • Intel Core i3-3217U
    16%
  • AMD A6-5350M
    16%
  • AMD A4-4300M
    15%
  • Intel Pentium 2117U
    14%
  • AMD A4-5150M
    13%
  • AMD FX-9590
    12%
  • AMD A6-5200
    11%
  • Intel Core i3-8350K
    11%
  • Intel Core i7-4960HQ
    10%
  • Intel Pentium 2129Y
    9%
  • Intel Core i5-4690K
    9%
  • AMD A4-5000
    8%
  • Intel Core i7-8550U
    8%
  • Intel Core i3-7100
    7%
  • AMD FX-6300
    7%
  • AMD E1-2500
    6%
  • Intel Pentium G4560
    6%
  • Intel Core i3-4330
    5%
  • AMD A10-7890K
    5%
  • AMD A10-7870K
    5%
  • AMD A4-1250
    5%
  • AMD E1-2100
    5%
  • AMD A4-1200
    4%
  • Intel Core i5-3380M
    4%
  • Intel Pentium G4400
    4%
  • Intel Pentium G3440
    4%
  • Intel Celeron G3930
    3%
  • Intel Celeron G3900
    3%
  • Intel Celeron G1840
    3%

Performance summary, based on benchmarks charts.

The AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X is a cpu released by AMD on Nov 2019. This processor is based on the architecture and packs 3,800 million transistors on a 7 nm, 74 mm² die.

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X pros and cons




Specifications


Features

Architecture

ArchitectureAMD Zen 2
MarketDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4-3200 MHz Quad-channel
CodenameMatisse
Release DateNov 2019

Cores

Cores24
Threads48
E-Coresnone
SMPs1
Integrated GraphicsNo

Cache

L1 Cache96K (per core)
L2 Cache512K (per core)
L3 Cache128MB

Physical

SocketAMD Socket TR4
Max Case Temp95°C
PackagesTRX4
Die Size74mm²
Process7 nm

Performance

Cpu Frequency3800 MHz
Turbo Clock4500 MHz
Base Clock100 MHz
VoltageN/A
TDP280 W

Compared to similar performing CPUs

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960XAMD Ryzen 9 5950XAMD Ryzen 9 5900XIntel Core i9-10900KIntel Core i7-10700K
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960XAMD Ryzen 9 5950XAMD Ryzen 9 5900XIntel Core i9-10900KIntel Core i7-10700K
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ArchitectureAMD_Zen_2AMD_Zen_3AMD_Zen_3Intel_CometlakeIntel_Cometlake
Process Node7 nm7 nm7 nm14 nm14 nm
Cores/Threads24/4816/3212/2410/208/16
Release DateNov 2019Nov 2020Nov 2020Apr 2020Apr 2020

Benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
    274
  • AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
    272
  • Intel Core i9-10900K
    225
  • Intel Core i7-10700K
    218
  • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X
    209

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X
    5950
  • AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
    4483
  • AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
    3726

points - higher is better