Intel Xeon E5 2680 vs AMD Threadripper PRO 7985WX

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Intel Xeon E5-2680

AMD Threadripper PRO 7985WX

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E5 2680 with 8 cores 2.7GHz and AMD Threadripper PRO 7985WX with 64 cores 3.2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon E5 2680 's Advantages

Lower TDP (130W vs 350W)

AMD Threadripper PRO 7985WX 's Advantages

Released 11 years and 7 months late

Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 3)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (3.2GHz vs 2.7GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (256MB vs 20MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 32nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon E5 2680

947

AMD Threadripper PRO 7985WX +174%

2599

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon E5 2680

5316

AMD Threadripper PRO 7985WX +366%

24780

Intel Xeon E5 2680

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AMD Threadripper PRO 7985WX

General Parameters

Mar 2012

Release Date

Oct 2023

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Sandy Bridge-EP

Core Architecture

Storm Peak

Intel Socket 2011

Socket

AMD Socket sTR5

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E5 (Sandy Bridge-EP)

Generation

Ryzen Threadripper (Zen 4 (Storm Peak))

Package

2.27 billions

Transistor Count

52.56 billions

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

130 W

Power Consumption

350 W

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

435 mm²

Die Size

8x71 mm²

-

I/O Process Size

6 nm

-

I/O Die Size

388 mm²

CPU Performance

2.7 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.2 GHz

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5.1 GHz

8

Total Core Count

64

16

Total Thread Count

128

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

27.0

Multiplier

32.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 KB per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

64 MB

20 MB shared

L3 Cache

256 MB

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

2

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR3

Memory Types

DDR5-5200

-

Max Memory Size

2 TB

4

Max Memory Channels

8

-

Max Memory Bandwidth

332.8 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

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Official Website

AMD Threadripper PRO 7985WX

3

PCIe Version

5

-

PCIe Lanes

128

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