AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X vs AMD EPYC 7742

What is the difference between AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X and AMD EPYC 7742. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

1261Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score771
22394Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score15060
64003PassMark CPU Mark Rating69786
2701PassMark Single Thread Rating2174
111353DMark Time Spy Physics Score6651

Processor Specs

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970XProcessorAMD EPYC 7742
3700 MHzFrequency2250 MHz
4500 MHzMaximum Frequency3400 MHz
32Cores64
64Threads128
280 WTDP225 W
Castle PeakCodenameRome
sTRX4PackageSP3

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

1286Single-Core Score796
25574Multi-Core Score2208
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Linux x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Microsoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)Operating SystemUbuntu 20.04.2 LTS
ASUS System Product NameModelQEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. ROG STRIX TRX40-E GAMINGMotherboardN/A
AMD Ryzen High PerformancePower Plan

CPU Specifications

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970XNameAMD EPYC 7742
1 Processor, 32 Cores, 64 ThreadsTopology1 Processor, 2 Cores, 4 Threads
AuthenticAMD Family 23 Model 49 Stepping 0IdentifierAuthenticAMD Family 23 Model 49 Stepping 0
3.70 GHzBase Frequency2.24 GHz
4418 MHzMaximum Frequency
Socket sTRX4 (4094)Package
Castle PeakCodename
32.0 KB x 32L1 Instruction Cache64.0 KB x 2
32.0 KB x 32L1 Data Cache64.0 KB x 2
512 KB x 32L2 Cache512 KB x 2
16.0 MB x 8L3 Cache16.0 MB x 1

Memory Information

128.00 GBSize7.52 GB
1599 MHzFrequency
DDR4 SDRAMType
4Channels

Geekbench 5 result (single)

1286Single-Core Score796
2210Crypto Score623
1128Integer Score735
1473Floating Point Score 957
2210
3.77 GB/sec
AES-XTS623
1.06 GB/sec
1363
6.90 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)782
3.95 MB/sec
1324
62.6 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression892
42.2 Mpixels/sec
1116
3.15 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)821
2.32 MTE/sec
897
1.05 MElements/sec
HTML5591
693.7 KElements/sec
952
298.1 Krows/sec
SQLite448
140.3 Krows/sec
1124
61.0 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering826
44.8 Mpixels/sec
1070
341.0 KB/sec
Text Rendering653
208.0 KB/sec
1116
8.69 Klines/sec
Clang785
6.12 Klines/sec
1280
14.8 images/sec
Camera979
11.3 images/sec
1463
1.83 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics992
1.24 Mpairs/sec
1268
7855.9 FPS
Rigid Body Physics771
4774.3 FPS
1535
84.4 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur1096
60.2 Mpixels/sec
1343
10.3 images/sec
Face Detection1027
7.91 images/sec
1174
28.9 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection917
22.6 Mpixels/sec
2427
119.1 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting1557
76.4 Mpixels/sec
2407
32.8 Mpixels/sec
HDR1149
15.7 Mpixels/sec
1673
1.34 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing754
605.4 Kpixels/sec
1056
9.46 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion841
7.53 Kpixels/sec
1301
41.6 Words/sec
Speech Recognition842
26.9 Words/sec
1175
45.4 images/sec
Machine Learning819
31.6 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

25574Multi-Core Score2208
11824Crypto Score2786
25395Integer Score2042
28252Floating Point Score 2470
11824
20.2 GB/sec
AES-XTS2786
4.75 GB/sec
39937
202.0 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)2327
11.8 MB/sec
42014
1.99 Gpixels/sec
Image Compression2352
111.3 Mpixels/sec
7826
22.1 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)2133
6.01 MTE/sec
34282
40.3 MElements/sec
HTML51790
2.10 MElements/sec
39553
12.4 Mrows/sec
SQLite1534
480.5 Krows/sec
21558
1.17 Gpixels/sec
PDF Rendering2158
117.1 Mpixels/sec
14160
4.41 MB/sec
Text Rendering1885
600.5 KB/sec
40514
315.7 Klines/sec
Clang2271
17.7 Klines/sec
19951
231.3 images/sec
Camera2080
24.1 images/sec
19719
24.7 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics2333
2.92 Mpairs/sec
55436
343446.3 FPS
Rigid Body Physics2559
15856.6 FPS
35063
1.93 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur1941
106.7 Mpixels/sec
43686
336.3 images/sec
Face Detection2357
18.1 images/sec
22016
542.7 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection2208
54.4 Mpixels/sec
41997
2.06 Gpixels/sec
Image Inpainting3858
189.3 Mpixels/sec
41600
566.9 Mpixels/sec
HDR3505
47.8 Mpixels/sec
48679
39.1 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing3041
2.44 Mpixels/sec
22191
198.8 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion2042
18.3 Kpixels/sec
19786
632.6 Words/sec
Speech Recognition1930
61.7 Words/sec
6650
256.9 images/sec
Machine Learning2137
82.6 images/sec