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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X vs Intel Core2 Duo E8400

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X
Rank 2 - 42 %
Intel Core2 Duo E8400
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X
Rank 2 - 5 %
Intel Core2 Duo E8400
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X
16C / 32T · 4.40 GHz
1,137
Intel Core2 Duo E8400
2C / 2T · 3.00 GHz
473
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X
16C / 32T · 3.50 GHz
12,458
Intel Core2 Duo E8400
2C / 2T · 3.00 GHz
841
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X
16C / 32T · 3.50 GHz
9,221
Intel Core2 Duo E8400
2C / 2T · 3.00 GHz
465

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At a glance

Wischen
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950XIntel Core2 Duo E8400
FamilyAMD Ryzen Threadripper (16)Intel Core2 Duo (29)
CPU groupAMD Ryzen Threadripper 2000 (4)Intel Core 2 Duo E7000/E8000 (14)
ArchitectureColfax (Zen+)Wolfdale (Penryn)
Technology12 nm45 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketTR4 (SP3r2)LGA 775
PredecessorAMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950XIntel Core2 Duo E8400
CPU Cores / Threads16 / 322 / 2
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 16x 2x
Frequency: 3.50 GHz 3.00 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 4.40 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 3.50 GHz
L2-Cache8.00 MB6.00 MB
L3-Cache32.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950XIntel Core2 Duo E8400
GPU nameno iGPUno iGPU
GPU frequency
CUs / Shader / /
Raytracing
Max. displays
Max. GPU Memory
Technology
Release date

NPU AI performance

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950XIntel Core2 Duo E8400
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950XIntel Core2 Duo E8400
MemoryDDR4-2933 (93.8 GB/s)
DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR2-1066 (17.1 GB/s)
Max. Memory16 GB
Memory channels42
ECCYesNo
PCIe3.0 x 64
PCIe Bandwidth63.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950XIntel Core2 Duo E8400
TDP180 W65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950XIntel Core2 Duo E8400
Chip designChipletMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, Windows 11, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE 4.1
Release dateQ3/2018Q1/2008
Release price899 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X
16C / 32T · 3.50 - 4.40 GHz
Intel Core2 Duo E8400
Intel Core2 Duo E8400
2C / 2T · 3.00 GHz

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