AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X vs Intel Core i9 9980XE
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Nov 2019
Oct 2018
Manufacturer
AMD
Intel
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Zen 2
Skylake
Integrated Graphics
N/A
N/A
Processor Number
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i9-9980XE
Package
Transistor Count
23.5 billions
—
Manufacturing Process
7 nm
14 nm
Socket
sTRX4
LGA-2066
Power Consumption
280 W
165 W
Peak Operating Temperature
68 °C
84°C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
32
18
Performance Core Threads
64
36
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.7 GHz
3.0 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.5 GHz
4.4 GHz
Total Core Count
32
18
Total Thread Count
64
36
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
37x
30x
L1 Cache
64 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
512 K per core
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
128 MB shared
25 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
Yes
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-3200
DDR4-2666
Max Memory Size
256 GB
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
4
4
Max Memory Bandwidth
95.37 GB/s
79.47 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
No
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
4.0
3.0
PCIe Lanes
64
44
Extended Instruction Set
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SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,308
1,114
Cinebench R23
46,874
27,093
Geekbench 6
1,463
1,480
Geekbench 6
12,202
11,091
Passmark CPU
2,674
2,569
Passmark CPU
62,989
31,938
Geekbench 5
—
1,122
Geekbench 5
—
17,154
Blender
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290
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.