AMD Athlon II X2 340 vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX

Last updated: 2024-04-12

CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD Athlon II X2 340		AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX
CPU comparison AMD Athlon II X2 340 or AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The AMD Athlon II X2 340 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.60 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 1 memory channels. The AMD Athlon II X2 340 was released in Q4/2012. The AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX has 32 cores with 64 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.20 GHz. The CPU supports up to 2048 GB of memory in 8 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX was released in Q3/2020.

AMD Athlon II (52)	Family	AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO (15)
AMD Athlon II X2 (Trinity) (1)	CPU group	AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3000 (4)
3	Generation	3
Trinity	Architecture	Castle Peak (Zen 2)
Desktop / Server	Segment	Desktop / Server
--	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The AMD Athlon II X2 340 is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.20 GHz (3.60 GHz). The AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX has 32 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 3.50 GHz (4.20 GHz).
AMD Athlon II X2 340	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX
2	Cores	32
2	Threads	64
normal	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	Yes
3.20 GHz	Frequency	3.50 GHz
3.60 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	4.20 GHz
3.60 GHz	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	3.75 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
AMD Athlon II X2 340	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.
no iGPU	GPU	no iGPU
	GPU frequency	--
--	GPU (Turbo)	--
--	GPU Generation	--
	Technology
	Max. displays
--	Compute units	--
--	Shader	--
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
--	Max. GPU Memory	--
--	DirectX Version	--

Hardware codec support A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
no iGPU	GPU	no iGPU
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No
No	Codec h264	No
No	Codec VP9	No
No	Codec VP8	No
No	Codec AV1	No
No	Codec AVC	No
No	Codec VC-1	No
No	Codec JPEG	No

Memory & PCIe The AMD Athlon II X2 340 supports a maximum of GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX can connect up to 2048 GB of memory in 8 memory channels.
AMD Athlon II X2 340	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX
DDR3-1600	Memory	DDR4-3200
	Max. Memory	2048 GB
1 (Single Channel)	Memory channels	8 (Octa Channel)
12.8 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	51.2 GB/s
No	ECC	Yes
--	L2 Cache	16.00 MB
1.00 MB	L3 Cache	128.00 MB
--	PCIe version	4.0
--	PCIe lanes	128
--	PCIe Bandwidth	252.0 GB/s
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD Athlon II X2 340 has a TDP of 65 W, that of the AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX is 280 W.
AMD Athlon II X2 340	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX
65 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	280 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
--	Tjunction max.	95 °C
Technical details The AMD Athlon II X2 340 has a 1.00 MB cache, while the AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX cache has a total of 144.00 MB.
AMD Athlon II X2 340	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX
32 nm	Technology	7 nm
Unknown	Chip design	Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
MMX, 3DNow!, SSE3, SSE4a	ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
FM2	Socket	WRX8 (sWRX8)
AMD-V	Virtualization	AMD-V, SVM
No	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q4/2012	Release date	Q3/2020
30 $	Release price	2749 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

AMD Athlon II X2 340 (37%)

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

AMD Athlon II X2 340 (2%)

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	AMD Athlon II X2 340 2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz	1300 (2%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX 32C 64T @ 3.75 GHz	62990 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Athlon II X2 340 2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz	77 (37%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX 32C 64T @ 4.20 GHz	209 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Athlon II X2 340 2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz	126 (2%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX 32C 64T @ 3.75 GHz	7575 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	AMD Athlon II X2 340 2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX 32C 64T @ 4.20 GHz	75 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	AMD Athlon II X2 340 2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX 32C 64T @ 4.20 GHz	2504 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Athlon II X2 340 2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX 32C 64T @ 4.20 GHz	1276 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Athlon II X2 340 2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX 32C 64T @ 3.75 GHz	42986 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Athlon II X2 340 2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX 32C 64T @ 4.20 GHz	1260 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Athlon II X2 340 2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX 32C 64T @ 3.75 GHz	25211 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	AMD Athlon II X2 340 2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX 32C 64T @ 4.20 GHz	1627 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	AMD Athlon II X2 340 2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX 32C 64T @ 3.75 GHz	15273 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Athlon II X2 340 2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX 32C 64T @ 4.20 GHz	509 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Athlon II X2 340 2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX 32C 64T @ 3.75 GHz	16740 (100%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.


	AMD Athlon II X2 340 2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX 32C 64T @ 3.75 GHz	680 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	AMD Athlon II X2 340 2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX 32C 64T @ 3.50 GHz	20747 (100%)

Devices using this processor
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