Crazy Efficient: AMD Threadripper 7980X & 7970X CPU Review & Benchmarks
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This review and benchmark of the AMD Threadripper 7980X & 7970X HEDT CPUs tests for power efficiency, thermals, power consumption, Spec Workstation performance, Adobe Premiere and Photoshop performance, rendering, code compile, and more. This is one of the densest CPU reviews we’ve published, and we have an immediate follow-up with a livestream LATER TODAY to show the 96-core 7995WX CPU breaking world records. We re-tested the old Threadripper 3970X and 3960X to include on these charts, but skipped the 5000-series PRO CPUs (as they were not HEDT parts). If we look into doing a review on any 7000 PRO CPUs, we’ll consider adding Xeon and 5000 PRO CPUs to the suite.
Error/correction - There is a typo in some charts where the 3960X's name is next to an erroneous thread count. This does not affect testing or results. Our apologies for the error. Correct count is 24C/48T.
Watch our livestream overclocking the AMD Threadripper 7995WX CPU! Crazy educational too as the engineers who joined us shared a lot of detail: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vU179_czCnU
Find the AMD Threadripper CPU specs here: https://gamersnexus.net/news/new-amd-threadripper-7980x-7970x-7960x-threadripper-pro-cpus-announced
Watch our coverage of the AMD Threadripper TRX50 & WRX90 motherboards here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTnVBIEPz1w
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Ryzen Threadripper 7980X & 7970X Review
02:04 - A Lot of New Tests
04:14 - Power Consumption Benchmarks
05:34 - Power Efficiency Test
08:31 - Power Per Core
09:12 - Thermals
10:41 - CCD Layout & Die Arrangement
11:36 - Production - Blender
13:07 - Chromium Code Compile
14:21 - File Decompression (CORRECTION in Desc)
15:25 - File Compression
16:43 - Adobe Photoshop
17:35 - Photoshop GPU Score via CPU Limit
18:04 - General Photo Editing Performance
18:15 - Adobe Premiere Video Editing CPU Benchmarks
19:28 - Intraframe Video Performance
20:14 - RAW Video Processing
20:58 - Video GPU (VFX) Effects Score
21:35 - SpecWorkstation CFD, Finance & Biomedical
22:21 - OpenFOAM CFD & CalculiX Benchmarks
23:19 - LAMMPS & NAMD Life Sciences CPU Benchmarks
23:57 - Financial Services CPU Benchmarks (FSI)
24:25 - SpecWS Energy Benchmark
24:42 - GAMING BENCHMARKS
25:04 - Baldur's Gate 3 CPU Benchmarks (1080p & 1440p)
25:50 - Stellaris CPU Simulation Time Benchmarks
26:34 - FFXIV 1080p & 1440p CPU Benchmarks
27:25 - Cyberpunk: Phantom Liberty Framerate
27:49 - F1 2023 CPU Benchmarks
28:35 - Threadripper 7980X Frequency
29:26 - Threadripper 7970X Frequency
29:46 - Wrap-Up & Some Issues
CORRECTION:
14:33 Typo. In some charts, the 3960X's name is next to an erroneous thread count. This does not affect testing or results. Our apologies for the error. Correct count is 24C/48T.
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Patrick Lathan | Testing, Research
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