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Smart Wizard
Get a complete build plan based on budget and goals.
Build Comparison
Compare complete builds side by side.
Part Comparison
Check specs, price, and value across parts.
Bottleneck Calculator
Measure CPU and GPU balance before you buy.
Power Calculator
Estimate wattage and PSU headroom.
Will It Run?
Test your hardware against popular games.
Smart Wizard
Get a complete build plan based on budget and goals.
Build Comparison
Compare complete builds side by side.
Part Comparison
Check specs, price, and value across parts.
Bottleneck Calculator
Measure CPU and GPU balance before you buy.
Power Calculator
Estimate wattage and PSU headroom.
Will It Run?
Test your hardware against popular games.
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| Merchant | Base | Promo | Shipping | Availability | Total | |
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About This Product
The AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X is a high-end desktop CPU with 64 cores and 128 threads, based on the Zen 2 architecture. It offers exceptional multi-threaded performance for professional workstations and content creation. Compared to other CPUs in its price range, it provides significantly more cores and threads, making it suitable for heavy rendering, simulation, and compilation tasks.
Verdict
βIdeal for professionals needing extreme multi-core performance in workstation applications.β
Performance Benchmarks
Scores are grouped by benchmark family so it is easy to compare raw speed, threaded output, and real-world value without mixing scales.
Render Workloads
Next-Gen Scale
Large Sample Pool
Value & Efficiency
These derived metrics use Cinebench R23 multi-core performance to keep the value calculation consistent across the catalog.
Performance per Watt
229.8 pts/W
Performance per Dollar
36.9 pts/$
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