AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX vs AMD Ryzen 9 7900X. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Family
  AMD Ryzen AMD Ryzen 9
• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5000 AMD Ryzen 7000
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Generation
  4 6
• Predecessor
  AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX AMD Ryzen 9 5900X

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.

• CPU Cores / Threads
  32 / 64 12 / 24
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• Frequency
  3.60 GHz 4.70 GHz
• 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 AMD Radeon Graphics (Raphael)
• GPU frequency
  0.40 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 2.20 GHz
• Execution units
  2
• Shader
  128
• Max. GPU Memory
  -- 8 GB
• Max. displays
  3
• Generation
  9
• Direct X
  -- 12
• Technology
  5 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2022

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 9 7900X and AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-3200 DDR5-5200
• Max. Memory
  2048 GB 128 GB
• Memory channels
  8 2 (Dual Channel)
• ECC
  Yes Yes
• PCIe
  4.0 x 128 5.0 x 24
• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX and AMD Ryzen 9 7900X to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  280 W 170 W
• TDP (PL2)
  -- 230 W
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C 95 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX and AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX, 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,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512
• L2-Cache
  16.00 MB 12.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  128.00 MB 64.00 MB
• Architecture
  Chagall (Zen 3) Raphael (Zen 4)
• Technology
  7 nm 5 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM AMD-V, SVM
• Socket
  WRX8 (sWRX8) AM5 (LGA 1718)
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q4/2022
• Part Number
  -- 100-100000589WOF