AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 5955WX vs AMD Ryzen 9 5950X. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Family
  AMD Ryzen AMD Ryzen
• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5000 AMD Ryzen 5000
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Generation
  4 4
• Predecessor
  AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Core architecture
  normal normal
• Frequency
  4.00 GHz 3.40 GHz
• Turbo (1 Core)
  4.55 GHz 4.90 GHz
• Turbo (16 Cores)
  4.20 GHz 4.20 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No Yes

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  no iGPU no iGPU
• GPU frequency
  --
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  --
• Shader
  --
• Max. displays
  --
• Generation
  --
• Technology
  --
• Release date
  --

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• h264
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  No No
• VC-1
  No No
• JPEG
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 9 5950X and AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 5955WX. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-3200 DDR4-3200
• Max. Memory
  2048 GB 128 GB
• Memory channels
  8 2
• ECC
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 5955WX and AMD Ryzen 9 5950X to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  280 W 105 W
• TDP (PL2)
  -- 142 W
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C 95 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 5955WX and AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 5955WX, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• L2-Cache
  8.00 MB 8.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  64.00 MB 64.00 MB
• Architecture
  Chagall (Zen 3) Vermeer (Zen 3)
• Technology
  7 nm 7 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM AMD-V, SVM
• Socket
  WRX8 (sWRX8) AM4
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q4/2020