Phoronix has actually benchmarked compiling the Linux 5.4 kernel on all three of the 3990X, 3970X, and 3960x[1]: - 22.48s, 3990X - 23.64s, 3970X - 27.54s, 39

Phoronix has actually benchmarked compiling the Linux 5.4 kernel on all three of the 3990X, 3970X, and 3960x[1]: - 22.48s, 3990X - 23.64s, 3970X - 27.54s, 3960X But keep in mind that the 3970X is USD $2,000, while the 3990X is USD $3,990... can't speak for Linus but that extra 1.1s per compile isn't worth $1,990 to me. https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=3990x-threadripper-linux&num=8 https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=3990x-th...