AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X vs AMD EPYC 7742

What is the difference between AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X and AMD EPYC 7742. Find out which CPU has better performance.

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X
AMD EPYC 7742
AMD EPYC 7742

Performance (Benchmarks)

1272Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score771
19880Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score15060
55031PassMark CPU Mark Rating69786
2689PassMark Single Thread Rating2174
123343DMark Time Spy Physics Score6651

Processor Specs

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960XProcessorAMD EPYC 7742
3800 MHzFrequency2250 MHz
4500 MHzMaximum Frequency3400 MHz
24Cores64
48Threads128
280 WTDP225 W
Castle PeakCodenameRome
sTRX4PackageSP3

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

1271Single-Core Score796
2441Multi-Core Score2208
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Linux x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Linux x86 (64-bit)

System Information

CentOS Linux 8Operating SystemUbuntu 20.04.2 LTS
Red Hat KVMModelQEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
N/AMotherboardN/A

CPU Specifications

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960XNameAMD EPYC 7742
2 Processors, 2 CoresTopology1 Processor, 2 Cores, 4 Threads
AuthenticAMD Family 23 Model 49 Stepping 0IdentifierAuthenticAMD Family 23 Model 49 Stepping 0
3.80 GHzBase Frequency2.24 GHz
64.0 KB x 1L1 Instruction Cache64.0 KB x 2
64.0 KB x 1L1 Data Cache64.0 KB x 2
512 KB x 1L2 Cache512 KB x 2
16.0 MB x 1L3 Cache16.0 MB x 1

Memory Information

3.65 GBSize7.52 GB

Geekbench 5 result (single)

1271Single-Core Score796
2230Crypto Score623
1116Integer Score735
1446Floating Point Score 957
2230
3.80 GB/sec		AES-XTS623
1.06 GB/sec
1143
5.78 MB/sec		Text Compression (LZMA)782
3.95 MB/sec
1227
58.0 Mpixels/sec		Image Compression892
42.2 Mpixels/sec
1098
3.10 MTE/sec		Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)821
2.32 MTE/sec
938
1.10 MElements/sec		HTML5591
693.7 KElements/sec
1025
321.0 Krows/sec		SQLite448
140.3 Krows/sec
1125
61.1 Mpixels/sec		PDF Rendering826
44.8 Mpixels/sec
1081
344.4 KB/sec		Text Rendering653
208.0 KB/sec
1133
8.83 Klines/sec		Clang785
6.12 Klines/sec
1319
15.3 images/sec		Camera979
11.3 images/sec
1360
1.70 Mpairs/sec		N-Body Physics992
1.24 Mpairs/sec
1253
7765.0 FPS		Rigid Body Physics771
4774.3 FPS
1425
78.3 Mpixels/sec		Gaussian Blur1096
60.2 Mpixels/sec
1343
10.3 images/sec		Face Detection1027
7.91 images/sec
1189
29.3 Mpixels/sec		Horizon Detection917
22.6 Mpixels/sec
2455
120.4 Mpixels/sec		Image Inpainting1557
76.4 Mpixels/sec
2548
34.7 Mpixels/sec		HDR1149
15.7 Mpixels/sec
1633
1.31 Mpixels/sec		Ray Tracing754
605.4 Kpixels/sec
1106
9.91 Kpixels/sec		Structure from Motion841
7.53 Kpixels/sec
1182
37.8 Words/sec		Speech Recognition842
26.9 Words/sec
1120
43.3 images/sec		Machine Learning819
31.6 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

2441Multi-Core Score2208
3862Crypto Score2786
2191Integer Score2042
2745Floating Point Score 2470
3862
6.58 GB/sec		AES-XTS2786
4.75 GB/sec
2276
11.5 MB/sec		Text Compression (LZMA)2327
11.8 MB/sec
2418
114.4 Mpixels/sec		Image Compression2352
111.3 Mpixels/sec
1947
5.49 MTE/sec		Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)2133
6.01 MTE/sec
2114
2.48 MElements/sec		HTML51790
2.10 MElements/sec
2048
641.5 Krows/sec		SQLite1534
480.5 Krows/sec
2173
118.0 Mpixels/sec		PDF Rendering2158
117.1 Mpixels/sec
2021
643.9 KB/sec		Text Rendering1885
600.5 KB/sec
2252
17.5 Klines/sec		Clang2271
17.7 Klines/sec
2535
29.4 images/sec		Camera2080
24.1 images/sec
2311
2.89 Mpairs/sec		N-Body Physics2333
2.92 Mpairs/sec
2440
15117.7 FPS		Rigid Body Physics2559
15856.6 FPS
2271
124.8 Mpixels/sec		Gaussian Blur1941
106.7 Mpixels/sec
2635
20.3 images/sec		Face Detection2357
18.1 images/sec
2249
55.4 Mpixels/sec		Horizon Detection2208
54.4 Mpixels/sec
4671
229.2 Mpixels/sec		Image Inpainting3858
189.3 Mpixels/sec
5017
68.4 Mpixels/sec		HDR3505
47.8 Mpixels/sec
3739
3.00 Mpixels/sec		Ray Tracing3041
2.44 Mpixels/sec
2188
19.6 Kpixels/sec		Structure from Motion2042
18.3 Kpixels/sec
2260
72.3 Words/sec		Speech Recognition1930
61.7 Words/sec
2030
78.4 images/sec		Machine Learning2137
82.6 images/sec