AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X vs Intel Pentium Gold G6400

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X Intel Pentium Gold G6400

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X with 24 cores 3.8GHz 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 3960X 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR4-2666)

Larger memory bandwidth (95.37GB/s vs 41.6GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 4MB)

Intel Pentium Gold G6400 's Advantages

Released 6 months late

Integrated graphics card

Higher base frequency (4.0GHz vs 3.8GHz)

Lower TDP (58W vs 280W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X +140%

1698

Intel Pentium Gold G6400

707

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X +711%

13003

Intel Pentium Gold G6400

1603

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X +23%

1266

Intel Pentium Gold G6400

1023

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X +882%

22262

Intel Pentium Gold G6400

2267

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X +8%

2671

Intel Pentium Gold G6400

2460

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X +1224%

54650

Intel Pentium Gold G6400

4127

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X

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Intel Pentium Gold G6400

General Parameters

Nov 2019

Release Date

May 2020

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 2

Core Architecture

Comet Lake

3960X

Processor Number

G6400

sTRX4

Socket

LGA-1200

N/A

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 610

Package

23.5 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

sTRX4

Socket

LGA-1200

280 W

Power Consumption

58 W

68 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

24

Performance Cores

2

48

Performance Core Threads

4

3.8 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

4.0 GHz

4.5 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

-

24

Total Core Count

2

48

Total Thread Count

4

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

38x

Multiplier

40x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

128 MB shared

L3 Cache

4 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

256 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

4

Max Memory Channels

2

95.37 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 3960X

Official Website

Intel Pentium Gold G6400

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

64

PCIe Lanes

16

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