Ryzen 7 5800X vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X — Specs & Performance Compared

Side-by-side comparison of 2 CPU parts: Ryzen 7 5800X vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X. All released in 2020. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability — click into any column header for the per-SKU benchmark page.

AMD · Zen 3

Ryzen 7 5800X

8 cores105W TDP$449 MSRP2020

Full Ryzen 7 5800X benchmarks →

AMD · Zen 4

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X

Full AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X benchmarks →

*Price sourced from Amazon.com. Last updated 2026-08-24. Price and availability subject to change.

Where to buy

Current in-stock pricing for each part on Amazon.

Specs side-by-side

Spec	Ryzen 7 5800X	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X
cores	8	—
threads	16	—
boost clock ghz	4.7	—
tdp w	105	—
l3 cache mb	32	—
socket	AM4	—

Synthetic benchmarks

Higher is better. Per-row scores come from public benchmark databases (PassMark, TechPowerUp, Geekbench, Cinebench). Empty cells mean we don't yet have that benchmark on file for the SKU.

Benchmark	Ryzen 7 5800X	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X
Cinebench 2024 multi	—	2,836 points
Cinebench 2024 single	—	121 points
Cinebench R23 multi	15,228 points	—
Cinebench R23 single	1,596 points	—
Geekbench 6 multi	10,282 points	23,292 points
Geekbench 6 single	2,174 points	3,000 points
PassMark CPU Mark	27,679 points	83,409 points
PassMark Single Thread	—	4,123 pts
PassMark Single Thread Rating	—	4,124 points
PassMark Single-Thread	3,448 points	—
Y-cruncher 1B	32	—
Y-cruncher Pi 10B (MT)	—	145 seconds

AI inference (tokens/sec)

Top community-reported tokens-per-second results for popular LLMs. See the per-SKU benchmark page for the full set including quantization, prompt length, and source citations.