Does anyone know which one is better? I heart that one is better and the other one is better. And I’m not really sure which one to pick from.
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AMD Threadripper 3990x vs AMD Ryzen 5950x.
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Depends on your uses. Threadripper is for workstation usage.
If you need
- lots of threads
- more than 16 PCIe 4.0 lanes
- more than 128,GB RAM.
Then Threadripper is better.
For the vast majority of users. The 5950x is better. As the per core speed is faster. There are very few uses which can make use of any more. You'd just have an expensive CPU where most cores are just idling.
In fact, for most users. Even eight cores is overkill.
If you need
- lots of threads
- more than 16 PCIe 4.0 lanes
- more than 128,GB RAM.
Then Threadripper is better.
For the vast majority of users. The 5950x is better. As the per core speed is faster. There are very few uses which can make use of any more. You'd just have an expensive CPU where most cores are just idling.
In fact, for most users. Even eight cores is overkill.
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