Intel Pentium Gold G6600 vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X

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Intel Pentium Gold G6600

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X

We compared two desktop CPUs: Intel Pentium Gold G6600 with 2 cores 4.2GHz and AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X with 24 cores 3.8GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Pentium Gold G6600 's Advantages

Released 6 months late

Integrated graphics card

Higher base frequency (4.2GHz vs 3.8GHz)

Lower TDP (58W vs 280W)

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 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)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Pentium Gold G6600

901

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X +88%

1698

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Pentium Gold G6600

1858

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X +599%

13003

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Intel Pentium Gold G6600

1072

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X +18%

1266

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Intel Pentium Gold G6600

2273

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X +879%

22262

Passmark CPU Single Core

Intel Pentium Gold G6600

2564

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X +4%

2671

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Intel Pentium Gold G6600

4375

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X +1149%

54650

Intel Pentium Gold G6600

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X

General Parameters

May 2020

Release Date

Nov 2019

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Comet Lake

Core Architecture

Zen 2

G6600

Processor Number

3960X

LGA-1200

Socket

sTRX4

UHD Graphics 630

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

-

Transistor Count

23.5 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

58 W

Power Consumption

280 W

100 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

68 °C

CPU Performance

2

Performance Cores

24

4

Performance Core Threads

48

4.2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.8 GHz

-

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.5 GHz

2

Total Core Count

24

4

Total Thread Count

48

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

42x

Multiplier

38x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

4 MB shared

L3 Cache

128 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2666

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

128 GB

Max Memory Size

256 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

4

41.6 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

95.37 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

-

350 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

-

1100 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

-

192

Shader Units

-

24

Texture Units

-

3

Raster Operation Units

-

24

Execution Units

-

15 W

Power Consumption

-

4096x2304 - 60 Hz

Max Resolution

-

0.38 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

-

Miscellaneous

Intel Pentium Gold G6600

Official Website

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X

3.0

PCIe Version

4.0

16

PCIe Lanes

64

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