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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X vs AMD Ryzen Z2
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance
32C / 64T · 5.30 GHz
AMD Ryzen Z2
84 %
8C / 16T · 5.10 GHz
Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
32C / 64T · 5.30 GHz
AMD Ryzen Z2
21 %
8C / 16T · 5.10 GHz
Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance
32C / 64T · 5.30 GHz
AMD Ryzen Z2
91 %
8C / 16T · 5.10 GHz
Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
32C / 64T · 4.80 GHz
AMD Ryzen Z2
21 %
8C / 16T · 3.30 GHz
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
32C / 64T · 5.30 GHz
AMD Ryzen Z2
83 %
8C / 16T · 5.10 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
32C / 64T · 4.80 GHz
AMD Ryzen Z2
42 %
8C / 16T · 3.30 GHz
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
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries
140 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X | AMD Ryzen Z2 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | AMD Ryzen Threadripper (16) | AMD Ryzen Z2 (3) |
| CPU group | AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7000 (3) | AMD Ryzen 8040 (22) |
| Architecture | Storm Peak (Zen 4) | Hawk Point (Zen 4) |
| Technology | 5 nm | 4 nm |
| Segment | Desktop | Notebook |
| Socket | sTR5 | FP8 |
| Predecessor | ||
| Successor | AMD Ryzen Threadripper 9970X |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X | AMD Ryzen Z2 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 32 / 64 | 8 / 16 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✓ | ✓ |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Cores: | 32x Zen 4 | 8x Zen 4 |
| Frequency: | 4.00 GHz | 3.30 GHz |
| Turbo (1 Core): | 5.30 GHz | 5.10 GHz |
| Turbo (All Cores): | 4.80 GHz | |
| L2-Cache | 32.00 MB | 8.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 128.00 MB | 16.00 MB |
| Overclocking | ✓ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X | AMD Ryzen Z2 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | no iGPU | AMD Radeon 780M |
| GPU frequency | 0.80 - 2.70 GHz | |
| CUs / Shader | / | 12 / 768 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✓ |
| Max. displays | 4 | |
| Max. GPU Memory | 32 GB | |
| Technology | 4 nm | |
| Release date | Q1/2023 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X | AMD Ryzen Z2 |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | ||
| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X | AMD Ryzen Z2 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR5-5200 (166.4 GB/s) | LPDDR5X-7500 (120.0 GB/s) LPDDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s) DDR5-5600 (89.6 GB/s) DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 1024 GB | 256 GB |
| Memory channels | 4 | 2 |
| ECC | Yes | No |
| PCIe | 5.0 x 48 | 4.0 x 20 |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 189.0 GB/s | 39.4 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X | AMD Ryzen Z2 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 350 W | 28 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | 30 W | |
| TDP down | 15 W | |
| T. junction max. | 95 °C | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X | AMD Ryzen Z2 |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Chiplet | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | Windows 11, Linux | Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4A, SSE4.2, SSSE3, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3 | SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512 |
| Release date | Q4/2023 | Q1/2025 |
| Release price | 2990 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
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