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£2,798
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Prices and StockMSRP $1999
Prices and Stock
MSRP $1999
Prices and StockMSRP $199
Prices and Stock
MSRP $199
Key Differences
In short — Ryzen Threadripper 3970X outperforms the cheaper Ryzen 5 3600 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Ryzen 5 3600 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Ryzen Threadripper 3970X is 141 days newer than the cheaper Ryzen 5 3600.
Advantages of Ryzen Threadripper 3970X
- Performs up to 1% better in Valorant than Ryzen 5 3600 - 802 vs 797 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 5 3600 - 64 vs 12 threads
Advantages of Ryzen 5 3600
- Up to 96% cheaper than Ryzen Threadripper 3970X - £101.40 vs £2798.00
- Up to 96% better value when playing Valorant than Ryzen Threadripper 3970X - £0.13 vs £3.49 per FPS
- Consumes up to 77% less energy than AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X - 65 vs 280 Watts
Valorant
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Ryzen Threadripper 3970X
Desktop • Nov 25th, 2019
FPS
802
100%
Value, £/FPS
£3.49/FPS
4%
Price, £
£2798
3%
FPS Winner
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X Processor (32C/64T, 128 MB Cache, 4.5 GHz Boost)
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Ryzen 5 3600
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
FPS
797
99%
Value, £/FPS
£0.13/FPS
100%
Price, £
£101.4
100%
Value Winner
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 processor 3.6 GHz 32 MB L3
Buy for £101.4 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 7429 minutes ago
My Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Ryzen Threadripper 3970X
Desktop • Nov 25th, 2019
Ryzen 5 3600
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Ryzen Threadripper 3970X | vs | Ryzen 5 3600 |
|---|---|---|
Nov 25th, 2019 | Release Date | Jul 7th, 2019 |
| Ryzen Threadripper | Collection | Ryzen 5 |
| Castle Peak | Codename | Matisse |
| AMD Socket TRX4 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
32 | Cores | 6 |
64 | Threads | 12 |
3.7 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.6 GHz |
4.5 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.2 GHz |
| 280 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 7 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
37.0x | Multiplier | 36.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
PCs Using Ryzen Threadripper 3970X or Ryzen 5 3600
With selected game settings
439 FPS
£3.64/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Ryzen 5 3600
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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585 FPS
£2.62/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Ryzen 5 3600
16 GB, N/A Storage
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£1,535
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471 FPS
£4.25/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060
Ryzen 5 3600
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£2,002.13
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