AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX vs Intel Core i9 7980XE

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX

Intel Core i9 7980XE

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX with 16 cores 3.9GHz and Intel Core i9 7980XE with 18 cores 2.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 10 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 2666)

Larger memory bandwidth (204.8GB/s vs 79.47GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.9GHz vs 2.6GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 25MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)

Intel Core i9 7980XE 's Advantages

Lower TDP (165W vs 280W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX +10%

1401

Intel Core i9 7980XE

1263

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX

27175

Intel Core i9 7980XE +3%

28196

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX

867

Intel Core i9 7980XE +62%

1410

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX

2253

Intel Core i9 7980XE +406%

11418

Blender

AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX +14%

348

Intel Core i9 7980XE

305

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX +16%

1301

Intel Core i9 7980XE

1117

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX +2%

15072

Intel Core i9 7980XE

14735

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX +6%

2664

Intel Core i9 7980XE

2492

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX +32%

40223

Intel Core i9 7980XE

30462

AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX

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Intel Core i9 7980XE

General Parameters

Jul 2020

Release Date

Sep 2017

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 2

Core Architecture

Skylake

-

Processor Number

i9-7980XE

sWRX8

Socket

LGA-2066

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

280 W

Power Consumption

165 W

90 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

94 °C

CPU Performance

16

Performance Cores

18

32

Performance Core Threads

36

3.9 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.6 GHz

4.3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.2 GHz

16

Total Core Count

18

32

Total Thread Count

36

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

39x

Multiplier

26x

96 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

64 MB shared

L3 Cache

25 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

2048 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

8

Max Memory Channels

4

204.8 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

79.47 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX

Official Website

Intel Core i9 7980XE

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

128

PCIe Lanes

44

-

Extended Instruction Set

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

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