Ryzen Threadripper 3970X: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen Threadripper 3970X provides outstanding benchmark performance at 39.70% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.
Summary
AMD started Ryzen Threadripper 3970X sales 25 November 2019 at a recommended price of $1,999. Based on a Matisse architecture, this desktop processor is primarily aimed at home systems. It has 32 cores and 64 threads, and is based on 7 nm, 12 nm manufacturing technology, with a max turbo frequency of 4500 MHz and an unlocked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket TR4 processor with a TDP of 280 Watt. It supports DDR4 Eight-channel memory.
Primary details
Ryzen Threadripper 3970X processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in the ranking | 65 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 16.24 | |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | |
| Series | AMD Ryzen Threadripper | |
| Power efficiency | 13.42 | of 100.00 (Ryzen Z1 Extreme) |
| Architecture codename | Matisse (2019−2020) | |
| Release date | 25 November 2019 (5 years ago) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1,999 | of 17,906 (Xeon Platinum 8280L) |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 32 (Dotriaconta-Core) | |
| Threads | 64 | |
| Base clock speed | 3.7 GHz | of 4.7 GHz (FX-9590) |
| Boost clock speed | 4.5 GHz | of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS) |
| Bus rate | 8 × 16 GT/s | |
| Multiplier | 37 | of 42 (Core i7-7700K) |
| L1 cache | 96K (per core) | of 80 KB (EPYC 9965) |
| L2 cache | 512K (per core) | of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P) |
| L3 cache | 128 MB | of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X) |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm, 12 nm | of 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| Number of transistors | 19,200 million | of 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | |
| Unlocked multiplier | + |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen Threadripper 3970X compatibility with other computer components and devices: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.
| Number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 (Uniprocessor) | of 8 (Opteron 842) |
| Socket | TR4 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 280 Watt | of 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Ryzen Threadripper 3970X. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| AES-NI | + | |
| AVX | + | |
| Precision Boost 2 | + |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| AMD-V | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Ryzen Threadripper 3970X's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 Eight-channel | |
| Maximum memory size | 256 GB | of 6 TiB (EPYC 9124) |
| Max memory channels | 4 | of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221) |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 102.403 GB/s | of 460.8 GB/s (EPYC 9124) |
| ECC memory support | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of a GPU integrated into Ryzen Threadripper 3970X.
| Integrated graphics card | - |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Ryzen Threadripper 3970X. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.
GeekBench 5 Single-Core
GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.
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Intel equivalent
According to our data, the closest Intel alternative to Ryzen Threadripper 3970X is Core i9-14900KS, which is slower by 1% and lower by 7 positions in our ranking.
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Recommended GPUs
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These are the fastest graphics cards for Ryzen Threadripper 3970X in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 1962 configurations using Ryzen Threadripper 3970X in our database.
