Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX vs Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U
2017
4 cores / 8 threads, 15 Watt
4.30
Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX
2020
64 cores / 128 threads, 280 Watt
54.15
+1159%

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX outperforms Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U by a whopping 1159% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U and Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking129522
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data8.98
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5AMD Ryzen Threadripper
Architecture codenameRaven Ridge (2017−2018)Matisse (2019−2020)
Release date26 October 2017 (6 years ago)14 July 2020 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$5,500
Current price$611 $4770 (0.9x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U and Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)64 (Tetrahexaconta-Core)
Threads8128
Base clock speed2 GHz2.7 GHz
Boost clock speed3.6 GHz4.2 GHz
L1 cache128K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)512K (per core)
L3 cache4 MB (shared)256 MB
Chip lithography14 nm7 nm
Die size246 mm274 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °C95 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data95 °C
Number of transistors4500 Million3,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplierNoYes

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U and Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketFP5sWRX8
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt280 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U and Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMTMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AES, AVX, AVX2, BMI1, BMI2, SHA, F16C, FMA3, AMD64, EVP, AMD-V, SMAP, SMEP, SMT, Precision Boost 2, XFR 2
AES-NI++
AVX++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U and Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U and Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR4-3200
Maximum memory size32 GB2 TiB
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/s204.8 GB/s
ECC memory support+no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U and Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes12128

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 4.30
Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX 54.15
+1159%

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX outperforms Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U by 1159% based on our aggregate benchmark results.


Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 6654
Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX 83761
+1159%

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX outperforms Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U by 1159% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 886
Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX 1602
+80.8%

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX outperforms Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U by 81% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 2545
Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX 14568
+472%

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX outperforms Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U by 472% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 4349
Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX 5596
+28.7%

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX outperforms Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U by 29% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 14336
Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX 52743
+268%

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX outperforms Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U by 268% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 5635
Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX 16656
+196%

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX outperforms Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U by 196% in 3DMark06 CPU.

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 12.36
Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX 6.11
+102%

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U outperforms Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX by 102% in wPrime 32.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 6
Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX 54
+793%

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX outperforms Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U by 793% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 553
Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX 9706
+1655%

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX outperforms Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U by 1655% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 134
Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX 195
+45.5%

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX outperforms Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U by 46% in Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 1.55
Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX 2.12
+36.8%

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX outperforms Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U by 37% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 3.4
Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX 26
+665%

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX outperforms Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U by 665% in TrueCrypt AES.

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 2700
Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX 6689
+148%

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX outperforms Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U by 148% in WinRAR 4.0.

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 34
Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX 193
+468%

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX outperforms Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U by 468% in x264 encoding pass 2.

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 98
Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX 264
+170%

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX outperforms Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U by 170% in x264 encoding pass 1.

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.30 54.15
Recency 26 October 2017 14 July 2020
Physical cores 4 64
Threads 8 128
Chip lithography 14 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 280 Watt

The Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U in performance tests.

Be aware that Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U is a notebook processor while Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U and Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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