AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X vs Intel Pentium Gold G6400

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X Intel Pentium Gold G6400

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X with 16 cores 3.5GHz and Intel Pentium Gold G6400 with 2 cores 4.0GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-2933 vs DDR4-2666)

Larger memory bandwidth (87.42GB/s vs 41.6GB/s)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 4MB)

Intel Pentium Gold G6400 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 9 months late

Integrated graphics card

Higher base frequency (4.0GHz vs 3.5GHz)

Lower TDP (58W vs 180W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X +72%

1221

Intel Pentium Gold G6400

707

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X +467%

9103

Intel Pentium Gold G6400

1603

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X +10%

1128

Intel Pentium Gold G6400

1023

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X +433%

12093

Intel Pentium Gold G6400

2267

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X

2456

Intel Pentium Gold G6400

2460

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X +608%

29227

Intel Pentium Gold G6400

4127

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X

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Intel Pentium Gold G6400

General Parameters

Aug 2018

Release Date

May 2020

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen+

Core Architecture

Comet Lake

-

Processor Number

G6400

sTR4

Socket

LGA-1200

N/A

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 610

Package

9.6 billions

Transistor Count

-

12 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

sTR4

Socket

LGA-1200

180 W

Power Consumption

58 W

68 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

16

Performance Cores

2

32

Performance Core Threads

4

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

4.0 GHz

4.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

-

16

Total Core Count

2

32

Total Thread Count

4

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

35x

Multiplier

40x

96 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

32 MB shared

L3 Cache

4 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2933

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

2048 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

4

Max Memory Channels

2

87.42 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

41.6 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

-

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1050 MHz

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X

Official Website

Intel Pentium Gold G6400

3.0

PCIe Version

3.0

60

PCIe Lanes

16

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