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    AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X vs Intel Core i9-7960X

    AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X
    AMD Socket SP3r2DESKTOP
    3100 MHz / Cores: 16 / Aug 2018
    AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X
    Intel Core i9-7960X
    Intel Socket 2066DESKTOP
    2800 MHz / Cores: 16 / Sep 2017
    Intel Core i9-7960X

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X
      100%
    • Intel Core i9-7960X
      104%

    Relative performance

    Single thread performance index

    • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X
      100%
    • Intel Core i9-7960X
      110%

    Relative performance

    Multi thread performance index

    • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X
      101%
    • Intel Core i9-7960X
      100%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X

    40 watts lower power draw.

    Reasons to consider Intel Core i9-7960X

    10% higher single threaded performance.
    No winner

    Gaming

    No clear winner declared

    No winner

    Productivity

    No clear winner declared

    Specifications

    Features

    AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950XIntel Core i9-7960X
    MMX
    SSE
    SSE2
    SSE3
    SSSE3
    SSE4A
    SSE4.1
    SSE4.2
    AES
    AVX
    AVX2
    BMI1
    BMI2
    SHA
    F16C
    FMA3
    AMD64
    EVP
    AMD-V
    SMAP
    SMEP
    SMT
    Precision Boost 2
    XFR 2
    EIST
    Intel 64
    XD bit
    VT-x
    VT-d
    HTT
    AES-NI
    TSX
    TXT
    CLMUL
    Boost 2.0
    Boost 3.0

    Architecture

    AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950XIntel Core i9-7960X
    ArchitectureAMD Zen+vsIntel_Kabylake
    MarketDesktopvsDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
    CodenameZenvsSkylake-X
    Release DateAug 2018vsSep 2017

    Cores

    AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950XIntel Core i9-7960X
    Cores16vs16
    Threads32vs32
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

    Cache

    AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950XIntel Core i9-7960X
    L1 Cache96 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
    L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs1024 KB (per core)
    L3 Cache32768 KBvs22528 KB (shared)

    Physical

    AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950XIntel Core i9-7960X
    SocketAMD Socket SP3r2vsIntel Socket 2066
    Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
    PackageFCLGA-4094vsFC-LGA2066
    Die Size213mm²vs428mm²
    Process14 nmvs14 nm

    Performance

    AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950XIntel Core i9-7960X
    Cpu Frequency3100 MHzvs2800 MHz
    Turbo Clock3700 MHzvs4400 MHz
    Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
    Voltagevariablevsunknown
    TDP125 Wvs165 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X
      4070 points
    • Intel Core i9-7960X
      5280 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X
      66563 points
    • Intel Core i9-7960X
      64512 points

    Points - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

    • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X
      3210
    • Intel Core i9-7960X
      3177

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

    • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X
      175
    • Intel Core i9-7960X
      194

    points - higher is better

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