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AMD Ryzen 7 3700X vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X

Last updated: 2026-07-04

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 98 %

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 42 %

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.40 GHz

76 pts

24C / 48T · 4.50 GHz

81 pts

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.40 GHz

736 pts

24C / 48T · 4.50 GHz

2,011 pts

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.40 GHz

1,294 pts

24C / 48T · 4.50 GHz

1,270 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.00 GHz

12,355 pts

24C / 48T · 4.00 GHz

34,255 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.40 GHz

1,637

24C / 48T · 4.50 GHz

1,684

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.00 GHz

8,693

24C / 48T · 4.00 GHz

13,875

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.40 GHz

501 cb

24C / 48T · 4.50 GHz

509 cb

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.40 GHz

1,252

24C / 48T · 4.50 GHz

1,274

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.00 GHz

4,834 cb

24C / 48T · 4.00 GHz

13,552 cb

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.00 GHz

8,732

24C / 48T · 4.00 GHz

21,436

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.00 GHz

173

24C / 48T · 4.00 GHz

542

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.00 GHz

160.8 s

24C / 48T · 4.00 GHz

59.2 s

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 3.60 GHz

5,447

24C / 48T · 3.80 GHz

16,082

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.40 GHz

204 cb

24C / 48T · 4.50 GHz

209 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.00 GHz

2,114 cb

24C / 48T · 4.00 GHz

5,933 cb

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries

Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

Monero Hashrate
94 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X
Family	AMD Ryzen 7 (79)	AMD Ryzen Threadripper (16)
CPU group	AMD Ryzen 3000 (15)	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3000 (3)
Architecture	Matisse (Zen 2)	Castle Peak (Zen 2)
Technology	7 nm	7 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	AM4 (PGA 1331)	TRX4 (sTRX4)
Predecessor	AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
Successor	AMD Ryzen 7 5700X

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X
CPU Cores / Threads	8 / 16	24 / 48
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	8x	24x
Frequency:	3.60 GHz	3.80 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	4.40 GHz	4.50 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	4.00 GHz	4.00 GHz
L2-Cache	4.00 MB	12.00 MB
L3-Cache	32.00 MB	128.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✓

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X
GPU name	no iGPU	no iGPU
GPU frequency
CUs / Shader	/	/
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays
Max. GPU Memory
Technology
Release date

NPU AI performance

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X
Memory	DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)	DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory	128 GB	2048 GB
Memory channels	2	4
ECC	Yes	Yes
PCIe	4.0 x 20	4.0 x 64
PCIe Bandwidth	39.4 GB/s	126.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X
TDP	65 W	280 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	95 °C	95 °C

Technical details

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X
Chip design	Chiplet	Chiplet
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
Release date	Q3/2019	Q4/2019
Release price	329 $	1435 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

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AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
8C / 16T · 3.60 - 4.40 GHz

★★★★★

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X
24C / 48T · 3.80 - 4.50 GHz

★★★★★