AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5945WX vs Intel Xeon Max 9480

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5945WX Intel Xeon Max 9480

We compared two server CPUs: AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5945WX with 12 cores 4.1GHz and Intel Xeon Max 9480 with 56 cores 1.9GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5945WX 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (4.1GHz vs 1.9GHz)

Lower TDP (280W vs 350W)

Intel Xeon Max 9480 's Advantages

Released 10 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR5-4800 vs DDR4-3200)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 4)

Larger L3 cache size (112.5MB vs 64MB)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5945WX +6%

2047

Intel Xeon Max 9480

1925

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5945WX +150%

14741

Intel Xeon Max 9480

5876

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5945WX

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Intel Xeon Max 9480

General Parameters

Mar 2022

Release Date

Jan 2023

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Chagall PRO

Core Architecture

Sapphire Rapids HBM

AMD Socket WRX8

Socket

Intel Socket 4677

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Ryzen Threadripper (Zen 3 (Chagall))

Generation

Xeon Max (Sapphire Rapids)

Package

16.6 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

AMD Socket WRX8

Socket

Intel Socket 4677

280 W

Power Consumption

350 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

64 °C

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

4x81 mm²

Die Size

4x477 mm²

14 nm

I/O Process Size

-

416 mm²

I/O Die Size

-

sWRX8

Package

FC-LGA16A

CPU Performance

4.1 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

1.9 GHz

4.5 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.5 GHz

12

Total Core Count

56

24

Total Thread Count

112

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

41.0

Multiplier

19.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

80 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

2 MB per core

64 MB

L3 Cache

112.5 MB

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

1

SMP

2

-

AVX-512 FMA Ports

2

-

HBM

up to 64GB

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR5-4800

8

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

4

PCIe Version

5

128

PCIe Lanes

80

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