AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX vs Intel Pentium Gold G5420

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX

Intel Pentium Gold G5420

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX with 32 cores 3.0GHz and Intel Pentium Gold G5420 with 2 cores 3.8GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (2933 vs 2400)

Larger memory bandwidth (87.42GB/s vs 37.5GB/s)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 4MB)

More modern manufacturing process (12nm vs 14nm)

Intel Pentium Gold G5420 's Advantages

Released 8 months late

Integrated graphics card

Higher base frequency (3.8GHz vs 3.0GHz)

Lower TDP (54W vs 250W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX +51%

1253

Intel Pentium Gold G5420

825

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX +359%

7480

Intel Pentium Gold G5420

1628

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX +5%

977

Intel Pentium Gold G5420

930

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX +774%

17328

Intel Pentium Gold G5420

1981

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX

2278

Intel Pentium Gold G5420

2267

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX +785%

31873

Intel Pentium Gold G5420

3600

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX

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Intel Pentium Gold G5420

General Parameters

Aug 2018

Release Date

Apr 2019

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen+

Core Architecture

Coffee Lake

-

Processor Number

G5420

sTR4

Socket

LGA-1151

N/A

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 610

Package

19.2 billions

Transistor Count

-

12 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

250 W

Power Consumption

54 W

68 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

32

Performance Cores

2

64

Performance Core Threads

4

3.0 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.8 GHz

4.2 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

-

32

Total Core Count

2

64

Total Thread Count

4

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

-

30x

Multiplier

-

96 K per core

L1 Cache

-

512 K per core

L2 Cache

-

64 MB shared

L3 Cache

4 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

-

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2933

Memory Types

DDR4-2400

2048 GB

Max Memory Size

64 GB

4

Max Memory Channels

2

87.42 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

37.5 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

-

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1050 MHz

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX

Official Website

Intel Pentium Gold G5420

3.0

PCIe Version

3.0

60

PCIe Lanes

16

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2

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