AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X vs Intel Core i9 9960X
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Jan 2020
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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i9-9960X
Package
Transistor Count
19.2 billions
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Manufacturing Process
7 nm
14 nm
Socket
sTRX4
LGA-2066
Power Consumption
280 W
165 W
Peak Operating Temperature
95 °C
85 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
64
16
Performance Core Threads
128
32
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.9 GHz
3.1 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.3 GHz
4.4 GHz
Total Core Count
64
16
Total Thread Count
128
32
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
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Multiplier
29x
—
L1 Cache
96 K per core
32 K per core
L2 Cache
512 K per core
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
128 MB shared
22 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
85 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
1,262
1,075
Cinebench R23
75,671
17,953
Geekbench 6
1,138
1,432
Geekbench 5
1,265
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Geekbench 6
11,211
10,707
Geekbench 5
27,453
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Passmark CPU
2,564
2,608
Passmark CPU
80,316
30,525
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.