Xeon Platinum 8260 vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX

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Intel Xeon Platinum 8260

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX

We compared two server CPUs: Xeon Platinum 8260 with 24 cores 2.4GHz and AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX with 16 cores 4GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Xeon Platinum 8260 's Advantages

Lower TDP (165W vs 280W)

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 3 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 4)

Higher base frequency (4GHz vs 2.4GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 35.75MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Xeon Platinum 8260

1169

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX +72%

2020

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Xeon Platinum 8260

8928

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX +81%

16222

Xeon Platinum 8260

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX

General Parameters

Dec 2018

Release Date

Mar 2022

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Cascade Lake-SP

Core Architecture

Chagall PRO

Intel Socket 3647

Socket

AMD Socket WRX8

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon Platinum(Cascade Lake-SP)

Generation

Ryzen Threadripper (Zen 3 (Chagall))

Package

8 billions

Transistor Count

16.6 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

165 W

Power Consumption

280 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

95 °C

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

-

Die Size

4x81 mm²

-

I/O Process Size

14 nm

-

I/O Die Size

416 mm²

CPU Performance

2.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

4 GHz

3.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.5 GHz

24

Total Core Count

16

48

Total Thread Count

32

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

24.0

Multiplier

40.0

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

35.75 MB shared

L3 Cache

64 MB

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

8

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR4

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

-

PCIe Version

4

-

PCIe Lanes

128

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