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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X vs AMD Ryzen 3 4100

Last updated: 2026-05-01

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X

Rank 2 - 90 %

AMD Ryzen 3 4100

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X

Rank 2 - 26 %

AMD Ryzen 3 4100

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

24C / 48T · 4.50 GHz

1,684

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

1,519

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

24C / 48T · 4.00 GHz

13,875

4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

5,272

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

24C / 48T · 4.50 GHz

509 cb

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

454 cb

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

24C / 48T · 4.50 GHz

1,274

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

1,134

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

24C / 48T · 4.00 GHz

21,436

4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

4,265

More benchmarks

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 (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 Threadripper 3960X	AMD Ryzen 3 4100
Family	AMD Ryzen Threadripper (16)	AMD Ryzen 3 (34)
CPU group	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3000 (3)	AMD Ryzen 4000G (26)
Architecture	Castle Peak (Zen 2)	Renoir (Zen 2)
Technology	7 nm	7 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	TRX4 (sTRX4)	AM4 (PGA 1331)
Predecessor		AMD Ryzen 3 3100
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X	AMD Ryzen 3 4100
CPU Cores / Threads	24 / 48	4 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	24x	4x Zen 2
Frequency:	3.80 GHz	3.80 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	4.50 GHz	4.00 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	4.00 GHz
L2-Cache	12.00 MB	2.00 MB
L3-Cache	128.00 MB	4.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✓

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X	AMD Ryzen 3 4100
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 Threadripper 3960X	AMD Ryzen 3 4100
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X	AMD Ryzen 3 4100
Memory	DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)	DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory	2048 GB	32 GB
Memory channels	4	2
ECC	Yes	Yes
PCIe	4.0 x 64	3.0 x 12
PCIe Bandwidth	126.0 GB/s	11.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X	AMD Ryzen 3 4100
TDP	280 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down		45 W
T. junction max.	95 °C	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X	AMD Ryzen 3 4100
Chip design	Chiplet	Monolithic
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	Q4/2019	Q2/2022
Release price	1435 $	99 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X is 4.9 stars (14 ratings), while AMD Ryzen 3 4100 has received 4.4 stars (23 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

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

★★★★★

AMD Ryzen 3 4100
4C / 8T · 3.80 - 4.00 GHz

★★★★★