AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX vs AMD Ryzen 3 1200. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2000 AMD Ryzen 1000
• Family
  Ryzen Threadripper Ryzen
• Form Factor
  Desktops / Boxed Processor Desktops / Boxed Processor
• Generation
  2 1
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Series
  Ryzen Threadripper 2000 Series Ryzen 1000 Series

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

• Base Frequency
  3 GHz 3.1 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  32 4
• CPU Threads
  64 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Max. Boost Clock
  4.2 GHz 3.4 GHz
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.2 GHz 3.4 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (32 Cores)
  3 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  - 3.1 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.

• GPU name
  None None

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

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  No No
• VC-1
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 3 1200 and AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes Yes
• Memory channels
  4 2
• Memory type
  DDR4 DDR4
• PCIe
  PCIe 3.0 PCIe 3.0 x16
• PCIe lanes
  64 20
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0
• System Memory Specification
  2933 2667

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX and AMD Ryzen 3 1200 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Default TDP
  250 W 65 W
• Maximum Operating Temperature
  68 °C 95 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  250 W 65 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX and AMD Ryzen 3 1200, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Colfax (Zen+) Summit Ridge (Zen)
• Codename
  Colfax Summit Ridge
• 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
• L1-Cache
  3 MB 0.375 MB
• L2-Cache
  16 MB 2 MB
• L3-Cache
  64 MB 8 MB
• Manufacturer product ID (boxed)
  YD299XAZAFWOF YD1200BBAEBOX
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  YD299XAZUIHAF YD1200BBM4KAE
• Operating systems
  Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
• Release date
  2018-08-13 2017-07-27
• Socket
  sTR4 AM4
• Technology
  12nm 14nm
• Thermal Solution (PIB)
  Not Included AMD Wraith Stealth
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM AMD-V, SVM
• Manufacturer product ID (MPK)
  - YD1200BBAEMPK
• Thermal Solution (MPK)
  - AMD Wraith Stealth