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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X vs Google Tensor

Last updated: 2026-06-06

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 3970X

Rank 2 - 84 %

Google Tensor

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X

Rank 2 - 19 %

Google Tensor

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

32C / 64T · 4.50 GHz

1,724

8C / 8T · 2.80 GHz

1,494

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

32C / 64T · 3.80 GHz

14,637

8C / 8T · 2.80 GHz

3,639

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

32C / 64T · 4.50 GHz

1,274

8C / 8T · 2.80 GHz

1,043

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

32C / 64T · 3.80 GHz

22,727

8C / 8T · 2.80 GHz

2,915

More benchmarks

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

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

AnTuTu 9 Benchmark
90 entries

AnTuTu 8 Benchmark
118 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

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

AI performance (NPU)
218 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X	Google Tensor
Family	AMD Ryzen Threadripper (16)	Google Tensor (5)
CPU group	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3000 (3)	Google Tensor (1)
Architecture	Castle Peak (Zen 2)	G1
Technology	7 nm	5 nm
Segment	Desktop	Smartphone / Tablet
Socket	TRX4 (sTRX4)
Predecessor	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX
Successor		Google Tensor G2

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X	Google Tensor
CPU Cores / Threads	32 / 64	8 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✗
Core architecture	normal	hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	32x 3.70 - 4.50 GHz	2x Cortex-X1 2.80 GHz
Core Cluster 2:		2x Cortex-A76 2.25 GHz
Core Cluster 3:		4x Cortex-A55 1.80 GHz
L2-Cache	16.00 MB	8.00 MB
L3-Cache	128.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X	Google Tensor
GPU name	no iGPU	ARM Mali-G78 MP20
GPU frequency		0.76 GHz
CUs / Shader	/	20 / 320
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays		1
Max. GPU Memory
Technology		5 nm
Release date		Q4/2021

NPU AI performance

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X	Google Tensor
AI hardware		Google Tensor AI
AI specifications		Google Edge TPU @ 1.6 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X	Google Tensor
Memory	DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)	LPDDR5-5500 (53.0 GB/s)
Max. Memory	2048 GB	12 GB
Memory channels	4	2
ECC	Yes	No
PCIe	4.0 x 64
PCIe Bandwidth	126.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X	Google Tensor
TDP	280 W	10 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	95 °C

Technical details

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X	Google Tensor
Chip design	Chiplet	Unknown
AES-NI	✓	✗
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Android
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
Release date	Q4/2019	Q4/2021
Release price	1969 $
Documents	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X is 2.8 stars (17 ratings), while Google Tensor has received 4.2 stars (78 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X
32C / 64T · 3.70 - 4.50 GHz

★★★★★

Google Tensor
8C / 8T · 2.80 GHz

★★★★★