AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X vs Intel Core i9 10940X

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X

Intel Core i9 10940X

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X with 24 cores 4.2GHz and Intel Core i9 10940X with 14 cores 3.3GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X 's Advantages

Released 4 years late

Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 2933)

Larger memory bandwidth (166.4GB/s vs 93.8GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (4.2GHz vs 3.3GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 14nm)

Intel Core i9 10940X 's Advantages

Lower TDP (165W vs 350W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X +126%

3337

Intel Core i9 10940X

1471

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X +154%

28707

Intel Core i9 10940X

11287

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X

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Intel Core i9 10940X

General Parameters

Oct 2023

Release Date

Oct 2019

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

-

Instruction Set

x86-64

Storm Peak

Core Architecture

Cascade Lake

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Processor Number

i9-10940X

AMD Socket sTR5

Socket

LGA-2066

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Ryzen Threadripper (Zen 4 (Storm Peak))

Generation

-

Package

26.28 billions

Transistor Count

-

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

350 W

Power Consumption

165 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

86 °C

TSMC

Foundry

-

4x71 mm²

Die Size

-

6 nm

I/O Process Size

-

388 mm²

I/O Die Size

-

CPU Performance

-

Performance Cores

14

-

Performance Core Threads

28

4.2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.3 GHz

5.3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.6 GHz

24

Total Core Count

14

48

Total Thread Count

28

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

42x

Multiplier

33x

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

24 MB

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

0 MB shared

L3 Cache

20 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

1

SMP

-

Memory Parameters

DDR5-5200

Memory Types

DDR4-2933

1 TB

Max Memory Size

256 GB

4

Max Memory Channels

4

166.4 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

93.8 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X

Official Website

Intel Core i9 10940X

5

PCIe Version

3.0

88

PCIe Lanes

48

-

Extended Instruction Set

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

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