AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X vs Intel Core i9 10920X

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X Intel Core i9 10920X

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X with 32 cores 3.7GHz and Intel Core i9 10920X with 12 cores 3.5GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X '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 (3.7GHz vs 3.5GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 20MB)

Intel Core i9 10920X 's Advantages

Lower TDP (165W vs 280W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X +2%

1308

Intel Core i9 10920X

1280

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X +205%

46874

Intel Core i9 10920X

15354

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X

1463

Intel Core i9 10920X +15%

1696

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X +27%

12202

Intel Core i9 10920X

9541

Cinebench 2024 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X +137%

2189

Intel Core i9 10920X

922

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X +8%

1309

Intel Core i9 10920X

1201

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X +66%

22365

Intel Core i9 10920X

13408

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X

2674

Intel Core i9 10920X +2%

2738

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X +140%

62989

Intel Core i9 10920X

26244

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X

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Intel Core i9 10920X

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

-

Processor Number

i9-10920X

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

94 °C

CPU Performance

32

Performance Cores

12

64

Performance Core Threads

24

3.7 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.5 GHz

4.5 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.6 GHz

32

Total Core Count

12

64

Total Thread Count

24

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

37x

Multiplier

-

64 K per core

L1 Cache

-

512 K per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

128 MB shared

L3 Cache

20 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 3970X

Official Website

Intel Core i9 10920X

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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