Ryzen Threadripper 2950X: specs and benchmarks

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Ryzen Threadripper 2950X
2018
16 cores / 32 threads, 180 Watt
19.23

Ryzen Threadripper 2950X provides good benchmark performance at 19.23% of a leader's which is a 96-core Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX.

Summary

AMD started Ryzen Threadripper 2950X sales 6 August 2018 at a recommended price of $899. This is a ZEN+ architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 16 cores and 32 threads, and is based on 12 nm manufacturing technology, with a max turbo frequency of 4400 MHz and an unlocked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is Socket TR4 processor with a TDP of 180 Watt. It supports DDR4 Quad-channel memory.

Primary details

Ryzen Threadripper 2950X processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking315
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation8.28
Market segmentDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Ryzen Threadripper
Power efficiency9.74of 100.00 (Core Ultra 7 164U)
Architecture codenameZEN+ (2018−2019)
Release date6 August 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$899of 17,906 (tray) (Xeon Platinum 8280L)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads32
Base clock speed3.5 GHzof 4.7 GHz (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed4.4 GHzof 50 MHz (i486DX-50)
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier35of 42 (Core i7-7700K)
L1 cache1.5 MBof 80 KB (EPYC 9965)
L2 cache8 MBof 2 MB (Xeon 6980P)
L3 cache32 MBof 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithography12 nmof 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Die size213 mm2
Number of transistors9600 Millionof 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X)
64 bit support+
Windows 11 compatibility+
Unlocked multiplier+

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen Threadripper 2950X compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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)of 8 (Opteron 842)
SocketSocket TR4
Power consumption (TDP)180 Wattof 3100 ‑ 4500 (Ryzen 7 7435H)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Ryzen Threadripper 2950X. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI+
AVX+
Precision Boost 2+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

AMD-V+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Ryzen Threadripper 2950X's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Quad-channel
Maximum memory size2 TiBof 6 TiB (EPYC 9124)
Max memory channels4of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)
Maximum memory bandwidth93.867 GB/sof 460.8 GB/s (EPYC 9124)
ECC memory support+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of a GPU integrated into Ryzen Threadripper 2950X.

Integrated graphics card-

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Ryzen Threadripper 2950X. Overall benchmark performance 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 Threadripper 2950X 19.23

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.

Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 29425

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.

Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 1260

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.

Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 8496

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.

Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 27

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

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

Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 3110

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.

Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 176

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.

Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 1.9

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.

Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 19.5

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.  

Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 145

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.  

Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 202

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.

Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 4548

Gaming performance

Closest competitors

Ryzen Threadripper 2950X's performance relative to its closest rivals among desktop CPUs.


Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 100

Intel equivalent

According to our data, the closest Intel alternative to Ryzen Threadripper 2950X is Core i7-12700E, which is nearly equal in speed and lower by 2 positions in our ranking.

Here are some closest Intel rivals to Ryzen Threadripper 2950X:

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Recommended GPUs

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