Ryzen 5 5500U vs Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX

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Aggregated performance score

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX
2020
64 cores / 128 threads
54.12
+541%

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX outperforms Ryzen 5 5500U by a whopping 541% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX and Ryzen 5 5500U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking21827
Place by popularitynot in top-10017
Cost-effectiveness evaluation5.61no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen ThreadripperAMD Lucienne (Zen 2, Ryzen 5000)
Architecture codenameMatisse (2019−2020)Lucienne-U (Zen 2)
Release date14 July 2020 (3 years ago)12 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$5,500no data
Current price$6509 (1.2x MSRP)no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX and Ryzen 5 5500U 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 cores64 (Tetrahexaconta-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads12812
Base clock speed2.7 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed4.2 GHz4 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)512K (per core)
L3 cache256 MB8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography7 nm7 nm
Die size74 mm2156 mm2
Maximum core temperature95 °C105 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)95 °Cno data
Number of transistors3,800 million9,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX and Ryzen 5 5500U 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 configuration11
SocketsWRX8FP6
Power consumption (TDP)280 Watt25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX and Ryzen 5 5500U. 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 2DDR4-3200/LPDDR4-4266 RAM, PCIe 3, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI++
FMAno data+
AVX++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX and Ryzen 5 5500U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX and Ryzen 5 5500U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-3200DDR4
Maximum memory size2 TiB64 GB
Maximum memory bandwidth204.8 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card-AMD Radeon RX Vega 7

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX and Ryzen 5 5500U.

PCIe version4.03.0
PCI Express lanes12812

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 Threadripper PRO 3995WX 54.12
+541%
Ryzen 5 5500U 8.44

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX outperforms Ryzen 5 5500U by 541% based on our aggregated 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 Threadripper PRO 3995WX 83709
+541%
Ryzen 5 5500U 13058

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX outperforms Ryzen 5 5500U by 541% 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 Threadripper PRO 3995WX 1598
+23.5%
Ryzen 5 5500U 1294

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX outperforms Ryzen 5 5500U by 23% 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 Threadripper PRO 3995WX 14771
+220%
Ryzen 5 5500U 4613

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX outperforms Ryzen 5 5500U by 220% 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 Threadripper PRO 3995WX 5596
+5.3%
Ryzen 5 5500U 5313

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX outperforms Ryzen 5 5500U by 5% 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 Threadripper PRO 3995WX 52743
+92.2%
Ryzen 5 5500U 27437

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX outperforms Ryzen 5 5500U by 92% 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 Threadripper PRO 3995WX 16656
+81.3%
Ryzen 5 5500U 9185

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX outperforms Ryzen 5 5500U by 81% 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 Threadripper PRO 3995WX 6.11
+1.8%
Ryzen 5 5500U 6.22

Ryzen 5 5500U outperforms Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX by 2% 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 Threadripper PRO 3995WX 54
+376%
Ryzen 5 5500U 11

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX outperforms Ryzen 5 5500U by 376% 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 Threadripper PRO 3995WX 9706
+678%
Ryzen 5 5500U 1247

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX outperforms Ryzen 5 5500U by 678% 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 Threadripper PRO 3995WX 195
+10.2%
Ryzen 5 5500U 177

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX outperforms Ryzen 5 5500U by 10% 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 Threadripper PRO 3995WX 2.12
+6.5%
Ryzen 5 5500U 1.99

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX outperforms Ryzen 5 5500U by 7% 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 Threadripper PRO 3995WX 26
+505%
Ryzen 5 5500U 4.3

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX outperforms Ryzen 5 5500U by 505% 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 Threadripper PRO 3995WX 6689
+69.6%
Ryzen 5 5500U 3945

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX outperforms Ryzen 5 5500U by 70% in WinRAR 4.0.

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 3995WX 264
+62.7%
Ryzen 5 5500U 162

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX outperforms Ryzen 5 5500U by 63% in x264 encoding pass 1.

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 3995WX 193
+325%
Ryzen 5 5500U 45

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX outperforms Ryzen 5 5500U by 325% in x264 encoding pass 2.

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 54.12 8.44
Recency 14 July 2020 12 January 2021
Physical cores 64 6
Threads 128 12
Power consumption (TDP) 280 Watt 25 Watt

The Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 5 5500U in performance tests.

Note that Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX is a desktop processor while Ryzen 5 5500U is a notebook one.


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