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    AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970X vs Intel Core i9-7980XE

    AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970X
    AMD Socket SP3r2DESKTOP
    3500 MHz / Cores: 24 / Aug 2018
    AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970X

    Intel Core i9-7980XE
    Intel Socket 2066DESKTOP
    2600 MHz / Cores: 18 / Sep 2017
    Intel Core i9-7980XE

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970X
      131%
    • Intel Core i9-7980XE
      100%

    Relative performance

    Single thread performance index

    • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970X
      102%
    • Intel Core i9-7980XE
      100%

    Relative performance

    Multi thread performance index

    • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970X
      159%
    • Intel Core i9-7980XE
      100%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970X

    Much higher multi threaded performance (around 59% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
    Around 31% higher average synthetic performance.

    Reasons to consider Intel Core i9-7980XE

    None
    AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970X

    Gaming

    HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970X

    Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.
    AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970X

    Productivity

    HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970X

    Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.

    Specifications

    Features

    AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970XIntel Core i9-7980XE
    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 2970XIntel Core i9-7980XE
    ArchitectureAMD_Zen_PlusvsIntel_Kabylake
    MarketDesktopvsDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
    CodenameZenvsSkylake-X
    Release DateAug 2018vsSep 2017

    Cores

    AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970XIntel Core i9-7980XE
    Cores24vs18
    Threads48vs36
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

    Cache

    AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970XIntel Core i9-7980XE
    L1 Cache96 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
    L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs1024 KB (per core)
    L3 Cache32768 KBvs25344 KB (shared)

    Physical

    AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970XIntel Core i9-7980XE
    SocketAMD Socket SP3r2vsIntel Socket 2066
    Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
    PackageFCLGA-4094vsFC-LGA2066
    Die Size213mm²vs428mm²
    Process14 nmvs14 nm

    Performance

    AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970XIntel Core i9-7980XE
    Cpu Frequency3500 MHzvs2600 MHz
    Turbo Clock Speed4200 MHzvs4400 MHz
    Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
    Voltagevariablevsunknown
    TDP180 Wvs165 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970X
      4620 points
    • Intel Core i9-7980XE
      5280 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970X
      112728 points
    • Intel Core i9-7980XE
      67392 points

    Points - higher is better


    Synthetic benchmarks

    Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

    • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970X (simulated)
      198.65
    • Intel Core i9-7980XE
      194

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

    • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970X (simulated)
      5436.29
    • Intel Core i9-7980XE
      3404

    points - higher is better

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