Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX: specs and benchmarks

VS

Aggregated performance score

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX
2020
32 cores / 64 threads
40.74

It provides good benchmark performance at 40.74% of a leader's which is Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX.

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WXRyzen ThreadripperPRO 7995WX
Compare

Summary

AMD started Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX sales 14 July 2020. Based on a Matisse architecture, this desktop processor is primarily aimed at home systems. It has 32 cores and 64 threads, and is based on 7 nm manufacturing technology, with a max turbo frequency of 4200 MHz and an unlocked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is sWRX8 processor with a TDP of 280 Watt and a maximum temperature of 95 °C. It supports DDR4-3200 memory.

General info

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in performance ranking55
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Value for money16.93
Market segmentDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Ryzen Threadripper
Architecture codenameMatisse (2019−2020)
Release date14 July 2020 (3 years ago)
Current price$2400 of 15701 (Xeon Platinum 8276L)

Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Technical specs

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 cores32 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threads64
Base clock speed3.5 GHzof 4.7 (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed4.2 GHzof 6.2 (Core i9-14900KS)
L1 cache64K (per core)of 7475.2 (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core)
L2 cache512K (per core)of 98304 (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX)
L3 cache128 MBof 768 (EPYC 7373X)
Chip lithography7 nmof 3 (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Die size74 mm2
Maximum core temperature95 °Cof 110 (Atom x7-E3950)
Maximum case temperature (TCase)95 °Cof 105 (Core i7-5950HQ)
Number of transistors3,800 millionof 9900000 (Ryzen 5 7645HX)
64 bit support+
Windows 11 compatibility+
Unlocked multiplierYes

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX 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 configuration1of 8 (Opteron 842)
SocketsWRX8
Power consumption (TDP)280 Wattof 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, 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

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 PRO 3975WX's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-3200
Maximum memory size2 TiBof 786 (Xeon E5-2670 v3)
Maximum memory bandwidth204.8 GB/sof 460.8 (EPYC 9124)

Graphics specifications

General parameters of a GPU integrated into Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX.

Integrated graphics card-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version4.0of 5 (Core i9-12900K)
PCI Express lanes128

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX. 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 PRO 3975WX 40.74

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 Threadripper PRO 3975WX 62990

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 Threadripper PRO 3975WX 1655

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 Threadripper PRO 3975WX 14583

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 Threadripper PRO 3975WX 5884

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 Threadripper PRO 3975WX 53924

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 Threadripper PRO 3975WX 16923

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 Threadripper PRO 3975WX 52

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 Threadripper PRO 3975WX 7053

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 Threadripper PRO 3975WX 201

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 Threadripper PRO 3975WX 2.19

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 Threadripper PRO 3975WX 27

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 Threadripper PRO 3975WX 6530

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 Threadripper PRO 3975WX 268

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 Threadripper PRO 3975WX 193

Gaming performance

Relative performance

Overall Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX performance compared to nearest competitors among desktop CPUs.


Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX 100

Intel equivalent

According to our data, the closest Intel alternative to Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX is Core i9-13900KS, which is slower by 2% and lower by 5 positions in our ranking.

i9-13900KSCore i913900KS
Compare

Here are some closest Intel rivals to Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX:

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX 100

Similar processors

Here is our recommendation of several processors that are more or less close in performance to the one reviewed.

Ryzen 9 7950XRyzen 97950X
Compare
Ryzen Threadripper 3970XRyzen Threadripper3970X
Compare
Ryzen 9 7950X3DRyzen 97950X3D
Compare
i9-13900KSCore i913900KS
Compare
i9-13900KCore i913900K
Compare
i9-13900KFCore i913900KF
Compare

Recommended GPUs

People consider these graphics cards to be good for Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX, according to our PC configuration statistics.

These are the fastest graphics cards for Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 134 configurations based on Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX in our database.

RTX 4090 GeForce RTX 4090
11.2% (15/134)
RTX 3090 Ti GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
12.7% (17/134)
RTX 3080 Ti GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
7.5% (10/134)
RX 6900 XT Radeon RX 6900 XT
0.7% (1/134)
RTX 3090 GeForce RTX 3090
11.9% (16/134)
RTX 3080 GeForce RTX 3080
1.5% (2/134)
RTX A5000 RTX A5000
0.7% (1/134)
RX 6800 Radeon RX 6800
0.7% (1/134)

User Ratings

Here is the rating given to the reviewed processor by our users. Let others know your opinion by rating it yourself.


3.1 88 votes

Rate Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Questions and comments

Here you can ask a question about Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX, agree or disagree with our judgements, or report an error or mismatch.