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General information Ryzen Threadripper 3960X Core i7-940
Launched Q4 2019 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD Intel
Socket sTRX4 LGA1366
Series Name AMD Threadripper Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Castle Peak Bloomfield
Clock 3.8 GHz 0 % 2.9 GHz 23.7 %
Turbo Clock 4.5 GHz 0 % 3.2 GHz 28.9 %
Cores 24 0 % 4 83.3 %
Threads 48 0 % 8 83.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 280 W 0 % 130 W 53.6 %
Lithography 7 nm 84.4 % 45 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 24 × 32 kB Data
24 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 24 × 512 kB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 8 × 16 MB
1 × 8 MB
ECC Supported Yes No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Ryzen Threadripper 3960X Core i7-940
Overall Score 77178 0 % 37153 51.9 %
Future Proof 73 % 0 % 10 % 86.3 %
Benchmark Score 35480 0 % 1905 94.6 %
Single Thread Score 2657.9 0 % 1304.8 50.9 %
Encrypting Data 57814.7 MB/s 0 % 4337.1 MB/s 92.5 %
Compressing Data 876.9 MB/s 0 % 64.1 MB/s 92.7 %
String objects sorting 94880.9 thousand/s 0 % 8899.1 thousand/s 90.6 %
Prime numbers generation 423.8 millions/s 0 % 21.9 millions/s 94.8 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 200293 millions/s 0 % 16170.7 millions/s 91.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 116967 millions/s 0 % 6846.8 millions/s 94.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Ryzen Threadripper 3960X, Core i7-940.

Average frames per second Ryzen Threadripper 3960X Core i7-940
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 184.0 FPS 65.0 FPS
High settings 294.4 FPS 104.1 FPS
Medium settings 368.0 FPS 130.1 FPS
Low settings 460.0 FPS 162.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 64.6 %

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 3960X Core i7-940
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 186.4 FPS 115.9 FPS
High settings 298.3 FPS 185.4 FPS
Medium settings 372.9 FPS 231.8 FPS
Low settings 466.1 FPS 289.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 37.8 %
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