AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX vs Intel Xeon 6980E+
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Jul 2020
May 2026
Manufacturer
Amd
Intel
Type
Desktop
Server
Instruction Set
x86-64
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Core Architecture
Zen 2
Clearwater Forest
Integrated Graphics
No
N/A
Generation
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Xeon 6+ (Clearwater Forest-SP)
Package
Manufacturing Process
7 nm
3 nm
Socket
sWRX8
Intel Socket 7529
Power Consumption
280 W
400 W
Peak Operating Temperature
90 °C
99°C
Foundry
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Intel
I/O Process Size
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10 nm
I/O Die Size
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2x 241
Package
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FC-LGA18N
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
16
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Performance Core Threads
32
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Performance Core Base Frequency
3.9 GHz
2.1 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.3 GHz
3.2 GHz
Total Core Count
16
264
Total Thread Count
32
264
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
39
21.0
L1 Cache
96 K per core
96 KB per core
L2 Cache
512 K per core
4 MB per module
L3 Cache
64 MB shared
528 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
SMP
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2
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-3200
DDR5-8000
Max Memory Size
2048 GB
1.5 TB
Max Memory Channels
8
12
Max Memory Bandwidth
204.8 GB/s
768.0 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Yes
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
4.0
5
PCIe Lanes
128
96
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,401
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Cinebench R23
27,175
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Geekbench 6
1,668
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Geekbench 5
1,301
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Geekbench 6
13,638
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Geekbench 5
15,072
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Blender
393
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Passmark CPU
2,682
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Passmark CPU
40,251
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.