AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX vs Ryzen 9 7950X
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We compared two 16-core desktop CPUs: the 3.9 GHz AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX against the 4.5 GHz Ryzen 9 7950X. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
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Value for money (Beta)
Key Differences
Advantages of AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX
- Supports up to 2048 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
- Unlocked multiplier
- 84% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3068 vs 1669 points
- Newer - released 2 years and 2 months later
- More modern manufacturing process โ 5 versus 7 nanometers
- 33% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.7 GHz vs 4.3 GHz)
- Newer PCI Express version โ 5.0
- Includes an integrated GPU Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
| Cinebench 2026 (Single) | - | 679 |
| Cinebench 2026 (Multi) | - | 8943 |
Cinebench Scores (#18th place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 1280 MB/sec | 1960 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 130.6 Klines/sec | 211.3 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 343.7 pages/sec | 414.2 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 358.9 Mpixels/sec | 540.6 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 132.2 pages/sec | 304.8 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 46 images/sec | 78.9 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 102.7 images/sec | 148.7 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 30 Mpixels/sec | 46.1 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 132.1 GOps/sec | 224.2 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 77.8 GOps/sec | 137.4 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 191M Primes/sec | 333M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 63.3M Strings/sec | 98.4M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 37.9 GBytes/sec | 49.1 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 600.2 MBytes/sec | 831.2 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 2377 Frames/sec | 3073 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 38.9B Matrices/sec | 61.7B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | - | 12.2 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 48.7 PPW | 125.9 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 142.2 PPW | 365.5 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 1.32 PPW | 3.39 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX
No benchmark results yet
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| ๐ 2026-04-25 (Leandro Irgang) | Cinebench 2026 | 679 / 8943 |
| ๐ 2026-04-25 (VikTOR) | Cinebench 2024 | 125 / 2213 |
| ๐ 2026-02-07 (Gerard) | Cinebench 2026 | 627 / 8337 |
| ๐ 2025-12-17 (RipePipe) | Cinebench 2024 | 118 / 1956 |
| ๐ 2024-11-28 (Mirage_Tahmid) | Cinebench 2024 | 118 / 1966 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX and Ryzen 9 7950XGeneral
| Vendor | Amd | Amd |
| Released | July 14, 2020 | August 29, 2022 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Instruction Set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | - | Zen 4 (Raphael) |
| Integrated GPU | No | Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) |
| Rival Equivalent | - | - Intel Core i9 13900K |
| Successor | - | - AMD Ryzen 9 9950X |
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#7th place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 16 | 16 |
| P-Threads | 32 | 32 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.9 GHz | 4.5 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 4.3 GHz | 5.7 GHz |
| Total Cores | 16 | 16 |
| Total Threads | 32 | 32 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 39x | 45x |
| L1 Cache | 96K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 512K (per core) | 1MB (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 64MB (shared) | 64MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | Yes |
Package
| Transistors | - | 13.1 billions |
| Fabrication Process | 7 nm | 5 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 280 W | 170 W |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | - | 230 W |
| Socket | sWRX8 | AM5 |
| Peak Temperature | 90ยฐC | 95ยฐC |
Desktop CPU ranking (#18th place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | - | Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) |
| GPU Base Clock | - | 400 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | - | 2200 MHz |
| Shading Units | - | 128 |
| TMUs | - | 8 |
| ROPs | - | 4 |
| Execution Units | - | 2 |
| TGP | - | 15 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - DDR4-3200 | - DDR5-5200 |
| Max. Memory Size | 2048 GB | 192 GB |
| Memory Channels | 8 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | - | 83.2 GB/s |
| ECC Support | Yes | Yes |
Misc
| Official Site | AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX official page | AMD Ryzen 9 7950X official page |
| PCI Express Version | 4.0 | 5.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 128 | 28 |
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