AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X vs Intel Core i5-10400F

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X
AMD Socket TR4DESKTOP
3800 MHz / Cores: 24 / Nov 2019
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X
Intel Core i5-10400F
Intel Socket 1200DESKTOP
2900 MHz / Cores: 6 / Apr 2020
Intel Core i5-10400F

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-10400F
    114%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-10400F
    114%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X

None

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-10400F

14% higher single threaded performance.
215 watts lower power draw.
Around 14% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core i5-10400F

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-10400F

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X

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


Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960XIntel Core i5-10400F
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
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
ABM
ADX
RdRand
TBT 2.0

Architecture

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960XIntel Core i5-10400F
ArchitectureAMD Zen 2vsIntel_Cometlake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4-3200 MHz Quad-channelvsDDR4-2666 MHz Dual-channel
CodenameMatissevsComet Lake
Release DateNov 2019vsApr 2020

Cores

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960XIntel Core i5-10400F
Cores24vs6
Threads48vs12
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960XIntel Core i5-10400F
L1 Cache96K (per core)vs64K (per core)
L2 Cache512K (per core)vs256K (per core)
L3 Cache128MBvs12MB (shared)

Physical

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960XIntel Core i5-10400F
SocketAMD Socket TR4vsIntel Socket 1200
Max Case Temp95°Cvs72°C
PackagesTRX4vsFC-LGA1200
Die Size74mm²vsunknown
Process7 nmvs14 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960XIntel Core i5-10400F
Cpu Frequency3800 MHzvs2900 MHz
Turbo Clock4500 MHzvs4300 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
VoltageN/AvsN/A
TDP280 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X
    5040 points
  • Intel Core i5-10400F
    5160 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X
    124615 points
  • Intel Core i5-10400F
    25056 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X
    209
  • Intel Core i5-10400F (simulated)
    239.19

points - higher is better