AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 7040 AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3000
• Family
  Ryzen Ryzen Threadripper
• Form Factor
  Handheld Desktops / Boxed Processor
• Generation
  6 3
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Series
  Ryzen Z1 Ryzen Threadripper 3000 Series

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  3.3 GHz 3.8 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• Core Configuration
  8x Zen 4 -
• CPU Cores
  8 24
• CPU Threads
  16 48
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Max. Boost Clock
  5.1 GHz 4.5 GHz
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  5.1 GHz 4.5 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (24 Cores)
  - 4 GHz

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

• DirectX Version
  12 -
• Execution units
  12 -
• Generation
  10 -
• GPU Frequency
  1200 MHz -
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon Graphics None
• GPU Turbo
  2900 MHz -
• Graphics Cores
  12 -
• Max. displays
  4 -
• Max. GPU Memory
  32 GB -
• Release date
  Q1/2023 -
• Shader
  768 -
• Technology
  4 nm -

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

• AV1
  Decode / Encode No
• H.264 / AVC
  Conflicting source values: Decode | Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• VP8
  Decode No
• VP9
  Decode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X and AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes Yes
• Max. Memory
  256 GB 2048 GB
• Memory Bandwidth
  89.6 GB/s -
• Memory channels
  2 (Dual Channel) 4
• Memory type
  DDR5-5600LPDDR5X-7500 DDR4
• PCIe
  4.0 x 20 PCIe 4.0
• PCIe lanes
  - 72
• PCIe version
  - 4.0
• System Memory Specification
  - 3200

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme and AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Configurable TDP
  9-30 W -
• Default TDP
  28 W 280 W
• Maximum Operating Temperature
  100 °C 95 °C
• TDP (PL1 / PBP, legacy combined label)
  28 W -
• TDP down
  15 W -
• TDP up
  30 W -
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  - 280 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme and AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Phoenix (Zen 4) Castle Peak (Zen 2)
• Chip design
  Monolithic -
• Documents
  Technical data sheet -
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• L2-Cache
  8 MB 12 MB
• L3-Cache
  16 MB 128 MB
• Operating systems
  Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit / Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition
• Release date
  Q2/2023 2019-11-25
• Socket
  FP8 sTRX4
• Technology
  4 nm TSMC 7nm FinFET
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM AMD-V, SVM
• Codename
  - Castle Peak
• L1-Cache
  - 1.5 MB
• Manufacturer product ID (boxed)
  - 100-100000010WOF
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  - 100-000000010
• Thermal Solution (PIB)
  - Not Included