Comparison of AMD Ryzen 9 5950X and AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X

Attribute	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X ×	AMD Ryzen 9 5950X ×
General Information
Brand	AMD	AMD
Series	AMD Ryzen	AMD Ryzen
Model	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X	AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
CPU Cores	24	16
Frequency (GHz)	3.8	3.4
CPU Threads	48	32
Core architecture	normal	normal
Hyperthreading	+	+
Overclocking	+	+
Turbo (1 Core) (GHz)	4.5	4.9
Turbo (16 Cores) (GHz)	-	4.2
Turbo (24 Cores) (GHz)	4	-
Encryption
AES-NI	+	+
Hardware codec support
JPEG	No	No
h264	No	No
h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No	No
h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No	No
VP8	No	No
AV1	No	No
VC-1	No	No
VP9	No	No
AVC	No	No
Memory And PCIe
Memory type	DDR4-3200	-
Max. Memory (GB)	2,048	128
PCIe lanes	72	20
PCIe version	4.0	4.0
ECC	+	+
Memory channels	4	2
Technical details
Release date (year)	2019	2020
Technology (Nm)	7	7
Socket	TRX4 (sTRX4)	AM4
Virtualization	amd-v vt-vi	amd-v sev
L3-Cache (MB)	128	64
L2-Cache (MB)	-	8
Architecture	Castle Peak (Zen 2)	Vermeer (Zen 3)
Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
Thermal Management
Temp junction max (°C)	95	95
TDP (PL2) (W)	-	142
TDP (PL1) (W)	280	105
Benchmarks
Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark	55,032	46,021
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)	1,274	1,657
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)	19,851	16,942
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)	209	277
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)	5,933	4,569
Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)	509	647
Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)	13,552	10,428
Blender 2.81 (bmw27)	59.2	-
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)	1,270	1,639
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)	34,255	28,641