AMD Ryzen 5 1500X vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Apr 2017
Nov 2019
Manufacturer
AMD
AMD
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Zen
Zen 2
Integrated Graphics
N/A
N/A
Processor Number
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3960X
Package
Transistor Count
4.8 billions
23.5 billions
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
7 nm
Socket
AM4
sTRX4
Power Consumption
65 W
280 W
Peak Operating Temperature
95 °C
68 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
4
24
Performance Core Threads
8
48
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.5 GHz
3.8 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.7 GHz
4.5 GHz
Total Core Count
4
24
Total Thread Count
8
48
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
35x
38x
L1 Cache
96 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
512 K per core
512 K per core
L3 Cache
16 MB shared
128 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
Yes
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2666
DDR4-3200
Max Memory Size
64 GB
256 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
4
Max Memory Bandwidth
39.74 GB/s
95.37 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Yes
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
4.0
PCIe Lanes
20
64
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
930
1,307
Cinebench R23
4,641
34,932
Geekbench 6
1,136
1,698
Geekbench 5
918
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Geekbench 6
3,734
13,003
Geekbench 5
3,861
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Passmark CPU
2,111
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Passmark CPU
9,063
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.