AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-core sTRX4
The 32-core, 64-thread design with a 4.5GHz boost and massive 144MB L3 cache delivers dominant multi-threaded throughput for rendering and simulation. Its 88 lanes of PCIe 4.0 connectivity and quad-channel DDR4 memory support provide unmatched expansion for multi-GPU and high-speed storage arrays. This processor is best for 3D artists and researchers running heavily parallelized workloads where core count and I/O bandwidth directly reduce project completion times.
Cores 32
Threads 64
Boost Clock 4500 MHz
L3 Cache 128 MB
TDP 280 W
Socket sTRX4
79 Overall Score
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Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong ai (97th percentile) 97th
- Strong multi thread (96th percentile) 96th
- Strong feature (93rd percentile) 93rd
- Strong platform (90th percentile) 90th
Cons
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| Brand | AMD |
| Series | Ryzen Threadripper |
| Model | 3970X |
| Codename | Zen 2 |
| Class | hedt |
| Process | 7 |
Cores & Clocks
| Cores | 32 |
| Threads | 64 |
| Base Clock | 3700 |
| Boost Clock | 4500 |
Cache
| L2 Cache | 16 |
| L3 Cache | 128 MB |
Performance
| PassMark Multi | 62889 |
| PassMark Single | 2658 |
Memory
| Memory Type | DDR4 |
| Max Speed | 3200 |
| Channels | 4 |
| ECC | Yes |
Platform & Power
| Socket | sTRX4 |
| PCIe | 4 |
| PCIe Lanes | 64 |
| TDP | 280 |
| Unlocked | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X | Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | CG CHIPS GATE EPYC 6GK7443-1EX30-0XE0 1PC New 6GK7443-1EX30-0XE0 Communications Processor | HP Xeon P67080-B21 | WowWee Xeon Gold 5120 | CISCO SYSTEMS - ENTERPRISE Xeon E5-2699v4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cores | 32 | 24 | 24 | 16 | 14 | 22 |
| Threads | 64 | 24 | 48 | 32 | 28 | 12 |
| Boost Clock Mhz | 4500 | 5700 | 4000 | 3900 | 3200 | 3600 |
| L3 Cache Mb | 128 | 36 | 128 | 37.5 | 19.25 | 39 |
| Tdp W | 280 | 125 | 200 | 195 | 105 | - |
| Socket | sTRX4 | LGA 1851 | AMD Socket SP3 | LGA 4677 | LGA 3647 | LGA2011-3 |
| Integrated Graphics | - | Intel Graphics | - | No | - | - |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | AI | Feature | Platform | Efficiency | Multi Thread | Social Proof | Single Thread |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X | 96.7 | 93.3 | 89.8 | 78.7 | 96.2 | 84.9 | 75.4 |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285K Compare | 96.2 | 99.8 | 95.9 | 97 | 96.6 | 90.7 | 99.8 |
| CG CHIPS GATE EPYC 6GK7443-1EX30-0XE0 1PC New 6GK7443-1EX30-0XE0 Communications Processor Compare | 94.7 | 76.8 | 84 | 83.7 | 94.4 | 38.3 | 80.1 |
| HP Xeon P67080-B21 Compare | 91.7 | 76.8 | 90.6 | 78 | 90.8 | 1.5 | 80.3 |
| WowWee Xeon Gold 5120 Compare | 73.7 | 20.1 | 17.5 | 72.6 | 74.3 | 38.3 | 44.2 |
| CISCO SYSTEMS - ENTERPRISE Xeon E5-2699v4 Compare | 44.2 | 46.1 | 17.5 | 29.7 | 52.4 | 51.2 | 9.9 |
Price
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