AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X vs Intel Core i9 7980XE

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X Intel Core i9 7980XE

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X with 16 cores 3.5GHz 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 2950X's Advantages

Released 11 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-2933 vs DDR4-2666)

Larger memory bandwidth (87.42GB/s vs 79.47GB/s)

Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 2.6GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 25MB)

Intel Core i9 7980XE's Advantages

Lower TDP (165W vs 180W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X

1135

Intel Core i9 7980XE +11%

1271

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X +4%

18797

Intel Core i9 7980XE

18066

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X

1221

Intel Core i9 7980XE +15%

1410

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X

9103

Intel Core i9 7980XE +25%

11418

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X

1128

Intel Core i9 7980XE

1117

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X

12093

Intel Core i9 7980XE +21%

14735

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X

2456

Intel Core i9 7980XE +1%

2492

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X

29227

Intel Core i9 7980XE +4%

30462

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X

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Intel Core i9 7980XE

General Parameters

Aug 2018

Release Date

Sep 2017

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen+

Core Architecture

Skylake

-

Processor Number

i9-7980XE

sTR4

Socket

LGA-2066

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

9.6 billions

Transistor Count

-

12 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

sTR4

Socket

LGA-2066

180 W

Power Consumption

165 W

68 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

94 °C

CPU Performance

16

Performance Cores

18

32

Performance Core Threads

36

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.6 GHz

4.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.2 GHz

16

Total Core Count

18

32

Total Thread Count

36

100MHz

Bus Frequency

100MHz

35x

Multiplier

26x

96K per core

L1 Cache

64K per core

512K per core

L2 Cache

1MB per core

32MB shared

L3 Cache

25MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2933

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

2048GB

Max Memory Size

128GB

4

Max Memory Channels

4

87.42 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

79.47 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X

Official Website

Intel Core i9 7980XE

3.0

PCIe Version

3.0

60

PCIe Lanes

44

-

Extended Instruction Set

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

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