Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3 vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
May 2014
Nov 2019
Manufacturer
Intel
AMD
Type
Server
Desktop
Core Architecture
Haswell-WS
Zen 2
Integrated Graphics
N/A
N/A
Generation
Xeon E3 (Haswell-WS)
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Instruction Set
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x86-64
Package
Transistor Count
1.4 billions
23.5 billions
Manufacturing Process
22 nm
7 nm
Socket
Intel Socket 1150
sTRX4
Power Consumption
80 W
280 W
Foundry
Intel
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Die Size
160 mm²
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Package
FC-LGA12C
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Peak Operating Temperature
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68 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.4 GHz
3.7 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.8 GHz
4.5 GHz
Total Core Count
4
32
Total Thread Count
8
64
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
34.0
37x
L1 Cache
64 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
512 K per core
L3 Cache
8 MB shared
128 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Yes
SMP
1
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Performance Cores
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32
Performance Core Threads
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64
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR3-1600
DDR4-3200
Max Memory Channels
2
4
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Yes
Max Memory Size
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256 GB
Max Memory Bandwidth
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95.37 GB/s
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
64
Benchmark
Geekbench 6
1,275
1,463
Geekbench 6
4,198
12,202
Blender
69
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Cinebench R23
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1,308
Cinebench R23
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46,874
Passmark CPU
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2,674
Passmark CPU
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62,989
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.