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General information Ryzen Threadripper 3990X Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX
Launched Q1 2020 Q4 2018
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD AMD
Socket sTRX4 sTR4
Series Name AMD Threadripper AMD Threadripper
Core Family Name Castle Peak Colfax
Clock 2.9 GHz 3.3 % 3 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.3 GHz 0 % 4.2 GHz 2.3 %
Cores 64 0 % 24 62.5 %
Threads 128 0 % 48 62.5 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 280 W 0 % 250 W 10.7 %
Maximum supported RAM 1024 GB 0 % 1024 GB 0 %
Lithography 7 nm 41.7 % 12 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 64 × 32 kB Instruction
64 × 32 kB Data
24 × 64 kB Instruction
24 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 64 × 512 kB
24 × 512 kB
L3 Cache 16 × 16 MB
8 × 8 MB
ECC Supported Yes Yes
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Ryzen Threadripper 3990X Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX
Overall Score 85040 0 % 66340 22 %
Future Proof 75 % 0 % 68 % 9.3 %
Benchmark Score 52298 0 % 19369 63 %
Single Thread Score 2564 0 % 2306.4 10 %
Encrypting Data 129120 MB/s 0 % 39107.5 MB/s 69.7 %
Compressing Data 1896.1 MB/s 0 % 678.7 MB/s 64.2 %
String objects sorting 192771 thousand/s 0 % 61926.6 thousand/s 67.9 %
Prime numbers generation 457.8 millions/s 0 % 43.3 millions/s 90.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 493072 millions/s 0 % 174013 millions/s 64.7 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 282433 millions/s 0 % 89121.1 millions/s 68.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Ryzen Threadripper 3990X, Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX.

Average frames per second Ryzen Threadripper 3990X Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 207.2 FPS 151.7 FPS
High settings 331.6 FPS 242.7 FPS
Medium settings 414.5 FPS 303.3 FPS
Low settings 518.1 FPS 379.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 26.8 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V Ryzen Threadripper 3990X Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 200.4 FPS 167.4 FPS
High settings 320.6 FPS 267.8 FPS
Medium settings 400.7 FPS 334.8 FPS
Low settings 500.9 FPS 418.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 16.5 %
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