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AMD RX-421BD vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
More benchmarks
Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries
218 entries
Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries
219 entries
Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries
427 entries
Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries
422 entries
Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries
690 entries
Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries
665 entries
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
1,989 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
1,927 entries
Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries
666 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries
615 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries
140 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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AMD RX-421BD | AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X |
|---|---|---|
| Family | AMD R (6) | AMD Ryzen Threadripper (16) |
| CPU group | AMD RX 1st Gen. (6) | AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7000 (3) |
| Architecture | Merlin Falcon (Excavator) | Storm Peak (Zen 4) |
| Technology | 28 nm | 5 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Desktop |
| Socket | FP4 | sTR5 |
| Predecessor | ||
| Successor | AMD Ryzen Threadripper 9970X |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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AMD RX-421BD | AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 4 / 4 | 32 / 64 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✓ |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Cores: | 4x | 32x Zen 4 |
| Frequency: | 2.10 GHz | 4.00 GHz |
| Turbo (1 Core): | 3.40 GHz | 5.30 GHz |
| Turbo (All Cores): | 4.80 GHz | |
| L2-Cache | 2.00 MB | 32.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 128.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✓ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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AMD RX-421BD | AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Merlin Falcon) | no iGPU |
| GPU frequency | 0.80 GHz | |
| CUs / Shader | 8 / 512 | / |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 3 | |
| Max. GPU Memory | 2 GB | |
| Technology | 28 | |
| Release date | 2015 |
NPU AI performance
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AMD RX-421BD | AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | ||
| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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AMD RX-421BD | AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s) DDR3-2133 (34.2 GB/s) | DDR5-5200 (166.4 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 1024 GB | |
| Memory channels | 2 | 4 |
| ECC | Yes | Yes |
| PCIe | 3.0 x 12 | 5.0 x 48 |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 11.8 GB/s | 189.0 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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AMD RX-421BD | AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 35 W | 350 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | 12 W | |
| T. junction max. | 90 °C | 95 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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AMD RX-421BD | AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Unknown | Chiplet |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | Windows 11, Linux | |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4 | SSE4A, SSE4.2, SSSE3, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3 |
| Release date | Q4/2015 | Q4/2023 |
| Release price | 2990 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
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