HWBench.com

    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
      103%
    • Intel Core i9-7980XE
      100%

    Relative performance

    Single thread performance index

    • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970X
      100%
    • Intel Core i9-7980XE
      108%

    Relative performance

    Multi thread performance index

    • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970X
      114%
    • Intel Core i9-7980XE
      100%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970X

    14% higher multi threaded performance.

    Reasons to consider Intel Core i9-7980XE

    8% higher single threaded performance.
    No winner

    Gaming

    No clear winner declared

    No winner

    Productivity

    No clear winner declared

    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)
      178.5
    • Intel Core i9-7980XE
      194

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

    • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970X (simulated)
      3888.09
    • Intel Core i9-7980XE
      3404

    points - higher is better

    Similar comparisons

    AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970XVS Intel Core i9-9980XE
    AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970XIntel Core i9-9980XE
    AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970XVS AMD EPYC 7601
    AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970XAMD EPYC 7601
    Intel Core i9-7980XEVS AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
    Intel Core i9-7980XEAMD Ryzen 7 3700X
    Intel Core i9-7980XEVS AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
    Intel Core i9-7980XEAMD Ryzen 9 3900X