AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X vs Intel Core i9 10980XE

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X Intel Core i9 10980XE

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X with 24 cores 3.8GHz and Intel Core i9 10980XE with 18 cores 3.0GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR4-2933)

Larger memory bandwidth (95.37GB/s vs 93.8GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.8GHz vs 3.0GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 25MB)

Intel Core i9 10980XE 's Advantages

Lower TDP (165W vs 280W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X +22%

1307

Intel Core i9 10980XE

1067

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X +62%

34932

Intel Core i9 10980XE

21450

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X +11%

1698

Intel Core i9 10980XE

1523

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X +17%

13003

Intel Core i9 10980XE

11069

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X +2%

1266

Intel Core i9 10980XE

1240

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X +29%

22262

Intel Core i9 10980XE

17131

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X

2671

Intel Core i9 10980XE

2646

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X +66%

54650

Intel Core i9 10980XE

32881

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X

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Intel Core i9 10980XE

General Parameters

Nov 2019

Release Date

Oct 2019

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 2

Core Architecture

Cascade Lake

3960X

Processor Number

i9-10980XE

sTRX4

Socket

LGA-2066

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

23.5 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

sTRX4

Socket

LGA-2066

280 W

Power Consumption

165 W

68 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

86 °C

CPU Performance

24

Performance Cores

18

48

Performance Core Threads

36

3.8 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.0 GHz

4.5 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.6 GHz

24

Total Core Count

18

48

Total Thread Count

36

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

38x

Multiplier

30x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

128 MB shared

L3 Cache

25 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-2933

256 GB

Max Memory Size

256 GB

4

Max Memory Channels

4

95.37 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

93.8 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X

Official Website

Intel Core i9 10980XE

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

64

PCIe Lanes

48

-

Extended Instruction Set

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

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