AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X: specs and benchmarks
Summary
AMD started Ryzen Threadripper 2950X sales on August 2018. This is high-end ZEN+ architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at home systems. It has 16 cores and 32 threads, and is based on 12 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 4400 and an unlocked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is a Socket TR4 processor with a TDP of 180 Watt. It supports DDR4 memory.
It provides outstanding benchmark performance at 89.17 percent of a leader's which is Intel Core i9-9980XE.
General info
Of Ryzen Threadripper 2950X processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture and sales start time and price.
Value for money (0-100)
8.50
Type
Desktop
Achitecture codename
ZEN+
Release date
August 2018
Technical specs
Ryzen Threadripper 2950X's quantitative parameters such as cores and threads number, clocks, manufacturing process, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of Ryzen Threadripper 2950X's performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
Number of cores
16
Number of threads
32
L1 cache
96 KB (per core)
of 768
L2 cache
512 KB (per core)
of 16384
L3 cache
32768 KB
of 65536
Manufacturing process technology
12 nm
of 7
Die size
213 mm2
Transistor count
9600 million
of 19200
64 bit support
+
Unlocked
+
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen Threadripper 2950X compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one.
Max number of CPUs in a configuration
1
of 8
Socket
Socket TR4
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen Threadripper 2950X are enumerated here.
AMD-V
+
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Ryzen Threadripper 2950X.
Supported memory types
DDR4
Benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmarks performance of Ryzen Threadripper 2950X. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.
Overall benchmark performance
89.17
Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core
1.9
Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core
27.1
Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core
176
Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core
3110
WinRAR 4.0
4548
x264 encoding pass 1
202
x264 encoding pass 2
145
TrueCrypt AES
19.5
Passmark
25972
Game benchmarks
Let's see how good Ryzen Threadripper 2950X is for gaming compared with game system requirements. Remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect real performance inaccurately.
Relative perfomance
Overall Ryzen Threadripper 2950X performance compared to nearest competitors. All CPU types participate.
Intel equivalent
We believe that the nearest equivalent to Ryzen Threadripper 2950X from Intel is Core i9-7960X, which is slower by 1% and lower by 1 position in our rating.
