AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX vs Xeon E6540

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX

Intel Xeon E6540

We compared two server CPUs: AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX with 16 cores 4GHz and Xeon E6540 with 6 cores 2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX 's Advantages

Released 12 years late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 1333)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 2)

Higher base frequency (4GHz vs 2GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 18MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 45nm)

Xeon E6540 's Advantages

Lower TDP (105W vs 280W)

Score

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX

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Xeon E6540

General Parameters

Mar 2022

Release Date

Mar 2010

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Chagall PRO

Core Architecture

Nehalem-EX

AMD Socket WRX8

Socket

Intel Socket 1567

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Ryzen Threadripper (Zen 3 (Chagall))

Generation

Xeon(Beckton)

Package

16.6 billions

Transistor Count

2.3 billions

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

45 nm

280 W

Power Consumption

105 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

4x81 mm²

Die Size

684 mm²

14 nm

I/O Process Size

-

416 mm²

I/O Die Size

-

CPU Performance

4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2 GHz

4.5 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

2.266 GHz

16

Total Core Count

6

32

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

133 MHz

40.0

Multiplier

15.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 KB per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

256 KB per core

64 MB

L3 Cache

18 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

1

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR3-1333

8

Max Memory Channels

4

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

4

PCIe Version

2

128

PCIe Lanes

-

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