AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U

CPU comparison

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X or AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X has 64 cores with 128 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 5.10 GHz. Up to 1024 GB of memory is supported in 4 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X was released in Q4/2023.

The AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.70 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U was released in Q2/2022.
AMD Ryzen Threadripper (13) Family AMD Ryzen 7 PRO (21)
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7000 (3) CPU group AMD Ryzen 6000U/7035U (9)
5 Generation 5
Storm Peak (Zen 4) Architecture Rembrandt (Zen 3+)
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X has 64 CPU cores and can calculate 128 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X is 3.20 GHz (5.10 GHz) while the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U has 8 CPU cores and 16 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U is at 2.70 GHz (4.70 GHz).

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X Characteristic AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U
64 Cores 8
128 Threads 16
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
Yes Overclocking ? No
3.20 GHz Frequency 2.70 GHz
5.10 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 4.70 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X Characteristic AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X or AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

no iGPU GPU AMD Radeon 680M
GPU frequency 2.00 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 2.20 GHz
-- GPU Generation 9
Technology 6 nm
Max. displays 3
-- Compute units 12
-- Shader 768
No Hardware Raytracing Yes
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 8 GB
-- DirectX Version 12

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

no iGPU GPU AMD Radeon 680M
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 Decode
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X can use up to 1024 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 166.4 GB/s. The AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 76.8 GB/s.

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X Characteristic AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U
DDR5-5200 Memory LPDDR5-6400, DDR5-4800
1024 GB Max. Memory 64 GB
4 (Quad Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
166.4 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 76.8 GB/s
Yes ECC No
64.00 MB L2 Cache 4.00 MB
256.00 MB L3 Cache 16.00 MB
5.0 PCIe version 4.0
48 PCIe lanes 12
189.0 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 23.6 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X is 350 W, while the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U has a TDP of 15 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X Characteristic AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U
350 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 15 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up 28 W
-- TDP down --
95 °C Tjunction max. 105 °C

Technical details

The AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X is manufactured in 5 nm and has 320.00 MB cache. The AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U is manufactured in 6 nm and has a 20.00 MB cache.

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X Characteristic AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U
5 nm Technology 6 nm
Chiplet Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4A, SSE4.2, SSSE3, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3 ISA extensions SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
sTR5 Socket FP7
AMD-V Virtualization AMD-V, SVM
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q4/2023 Release date Q2/2022
5900 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 5 CPU benchmarks
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X (100%)
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U (74%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 5 CPU benchmarks
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X (100%)
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U (16%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X
64C 128T @ 5.10 GHz
115 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U
8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz
81 (70%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X
64C 128T @ 5.10 GHz
5531 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U
8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz
485 (9%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X
64C 128T @ 5.10 GHz
1897 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U
8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz
1587 (84%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X
64C 128T @ 3.20 GHz
98322 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U
8C 16T @ 2.70 GHz
13421 (14%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X
64C 128T @ 5.10 GHz
2030 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U
8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz
1469 (72%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X
64C 128T @ 3.20 GHz
55282 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U
8C 16T @ 2.70 GHz
7365 (13%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X
64C 128T @ 5.10 GHz
2897 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U
8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz
1899 (66%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X
64C 128T @ 3.20 GHz
26562 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U
8C 16T @ 2.70 GHz
8237 (31%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X
64C 128T @ 5.10 GHz
742 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U
8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz
595 (80%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X
64C 128T @ 3.20 GHz
36982 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U
8C 16T @ 2.70 GHz
5486 (15%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U
AMD Radeon 680M @ 2.20 GHz
3379 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X
64C 128T @ 3.20 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U
8C 16T @ 2.70 GHz
20915 (100%)

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)

Efficiency of the processor under full load in the Cinebench R23 (multi-core) benchmark. The benchmark result is divided by the average energy required (CPU package power in watts). The higher the value, the more efficient the CPU is under full load.
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X
98,322 CB R23 MC @ 349 W
282 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U
2.70 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

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