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Is the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X Good for Gaming?
This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. But this CPU contains 32 Cores and 64 Threads. Paired with a good videocard, is this CPU Good for Gaming? This CPU should be able to play most games. [More ...]
Description:
Class: Desktop
Socket: sTRX4
Clockspeed: 3.7 GHz
Turbo Speed: 4.5 GHz
Cores: 32 Threads: 64
Typical TDP: 280 W
Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 32 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 32 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 32 x 512 KB
L3 Cache: 128 MB
Other names: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core Processor
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2019
CPUmark/$Price: 38.26
Overall Rank:
86th fastest in multithreading out of 5060 CPUs
790th fastest in single threading out of 5060 CPUs
16th fastest in out of 1425 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $1,650.00 USD (2025-03-19)
| Integer Math | 264,113 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 154,806 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 345 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 121,531 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 75,241 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 1,156,213 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 3,096 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 74,670 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 2,662 MOps/Sec |
| Merchant | Price | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
 | $1,650.00 USD | Buy Now! |
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X | 63,126 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,714 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,323 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 39,047 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 34,489 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,129 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,870 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,190 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,713 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,647 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,144 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 222.36 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 137.19 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 131.67 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 84.33 | |
| AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X | 38.26 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | NA | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | NA | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | NA |
| Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,610 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 4,142 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 4,018 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,903 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,836 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,681 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,470 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,363 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,922 | |
| AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X | 2,662 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,564 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL2541567 - Apr 09 2025 | 65269 | |
| BL2537291 - Apr 07 2025 | 66687 | |
| BL2535033 - Apr 06 2025 | 66713 | |
| BL2529714 - Apr 03 2025 | 62891 | |
| BL2523690 - Apr 01 2025 | 61196 |
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