Custom PC - UK (2020-06)

BENCHMARKRESULTS

Conclusion

WhiletheThreadripper3960Xmakesfora compelling,

super-powerfulall-rounder,theThreadripper3990Xis more

ofa nicheproductforspecificworkloads.It’ssuperbwhere

allthosecoresandthreadsarefullyutilised,tearingupthe

alreadypowerfulThreadripper3970Xandofferingnearly

doubletheperformanceonceoverclocked.

However,muchcheaperCPUsarefasterinmost

mainstreamsoftware,evenwhenit’smulti-threaded.

Despiteitsbraggingrightspotential,the3990Xis therefore

nota CPUweshouldaspiretoown.A Threadripper3960Xwill

bemuchmorefittingfora hardcoregamerthathitscontent

creationapplicationsjustashard.Forthosewiththebudget

andapplicationshungryforthisamountofCPUhorsepower,

though,theThreadripper3990Xis undoubtedlytheultimate

multi-threadeddesktopCPU.

ANTONYLEATHER

WORKSTATION

+ Most powerful

everdesktopCPU

+ Huge^

multi-threaded

performance

+ Still fast in most

other apps

BUSSTATION

• Only select
  software uses
  extracores


• High temps and
  power draw when
  overclocked


• Low peak boost

OVERALLSCORE

80 %%

PERFORMANCE

46 / 50

FEATURES

15 / 15

VALUE

19 / 35

VERDICT

Devastatingly powerful, but only in the right applications.

GIMPIMAGEEDITING

0 20,000 40,000 60,000 80,

AMDreadripper3990X 54,71159,

AMDreadripper3970X 61,998 62,

AMDreadripper2990WX 45,403 46,

IntelCorei9-10980XE 54,011 60,

HANDBRAKEH.264VIDEOENCODING

0 300,000 600,000 900,000 1,200,

AMDreadripper3990X 732,3591,021,

AMDreadripper3970X 1,064,559 1,125,

AMDreadripper2990WX 671,747688,

IntelCorei9-10980XE 885,376 1,025,

HEAVYMULTITASKING

0 100,000 200,000 300,000 400,

AMDreadripper3990X 277,998333,

AMDreadripper3970X 315,738323,

AMDreadripper2990WX 209,153 237,

IntelCorei9-10980XE 152,927 172,

SYSTEMSCORE

0 100,000 200,000 300,000 400,

AMDreadripper3990X 272,252359,

AMDreadripper3970X 368,714 381,

AMDreadripper2990WX 237,725 249,

IntelCorei9-10980XE 279,064 320,

Stockspeed Overclocked

CINEBENCHR20SINGLETHREADED

0 150 300 450 600

AMDreadripper3990X 485496

AMDreadripper3970X 487516

AMDreadripper2990WX 418425

IntelCorei9-10980XE 454 484

CINEBENCHR20MULTITHREADED

0 10,000 20,000 30,000 40,

AMDreadripper3990X 24,116 28,

AMDreadripper3970X 17,303 18,

AMDreadripper2990WX 11,251 13,

IntelCorei9-10980XE 8,742 10,

Stockspeed Overclocked

Stockspeed Overclocked

Idle

TOTALSYSTEMPOWERCONSUMPTION

0 250 500 750 1,

AMDreadripper3990X 165W 198W

AMDreadripper3970X 140W 222W

AMDreadripper2990WX 132W 156W

AMDRyzen 9 3950X104W110W

IntelCorei910980XE 128W 166W

Load

0 250 500 750 1,

AMDreadripper3990X 465W 845W

AMDreadripper3970X 451W 615W

AMDreadripper2990WX 417W 823W

AMDRyzen 9 3950X 242W 340W

IntelCorei910980XE 376W 595W

BLENDER2.79SECONDS

0 15 30 45 60

AMDreadripper3990X 20 21

AMDreadripper3970X 22 23

AMDreadripper2990WX 29 33

Intel Core i9-10980XE 29 38

Stockspeed Overclocked

Lower is better

BLENDER2.82SECONDS

0 15 30 45 60

AMDreadripper3990X 24 31

AMD readripper 3970X 47 49

Lower is better

Stockspeed99thpercentile Stockspeedavg

Overclocked 99th percentile Overclocked avg

1,920x1,080,Ultrasettings
FAR CRY 5

0 50 100 150 200

AMDreadripper3990X 87fps 110fps

82fps 104fps

AMDreadripper3970X 90fps 115fps

90fps 118fps

AMDreadripper2990WX 75fps 139fps

79fps 149fps

Intel Core i9 10980XE 83fps 114fps

98fps 130fps