AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX vs Intel Core i9 7980XE

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX Intel Core i9 7980XE

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX with 24 cores 3.0GHz and Intel Core i9 7980XE with 18 cores 2.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 1 months late

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

Larger memory bandwidth (87.42GB/s vs 79.47GB/s)

Higher base frequency (3.0GHz vs 2.6GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 25MB)

Intel Core i9 7980XE 's Advantages

Lower TDP (165W vs 250W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX

1159

Intel Core i9 7980XE +8%

1263

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX +45%

26292

Intel Core i9 7980XE

18030

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX

1297

Intel Core i9 7980XE +8%

1410

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX

8391

Intel Core i9 7980XE +36%

11418

Blender

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX +15%

353

Intel Core i9 7980XE

305

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX

1064

Intel Core i9 7980XE +4%

1117

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX

11876

Intel Core i9 7980XE +24%

14735

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX

2319

Intel Core i9 7980XE +7%

2492

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX

29986

Intel Core i9 7980XE +1%

30462

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX

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Intel Core i9 7980XE

General Parameters

Oct 2018

Release Date

Sep 2017

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen+

Core Architecture

Skylake

-

Processor Number

i9-7980XE

sTR4

Socket

LGA-2066

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

19.2 billions

Transistor Count

-

12 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

sTR4

Socket

LGA-2066

250 W

Power Consumption

165 W

68 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

94 °C

CPU Performance

24

Performance Cores

18

48

Performance Core Threads

36

3.0 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.6 GHz

4.2 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.2 GHz

24

Total Core Count

18

48

Total Thread Count

36

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

30x

Multiplier

26x

96 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

64 MB shared

L3 Cache

25 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2933

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

2048 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

4

Max Memory Channels

4

87.42 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

79.47 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX

Official Website

Intel Core i9 7980XE

3.0

PCIe Version

3.0

60

PCIe Lanes

44

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512

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