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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX vs Intel Core2 Duo E6540

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX
Rank 2 - 34 %
Intel Core2 Duo E6540
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX
Rank 2 - 3 %
Intel Core2 Duo E6540
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX
24C / 48T · 4.20 GHz
1,020
Intel Core2 Duo E6540
2C / 2T · 2.33 GHz
342
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX
24C / 48T · 3.00 GHz
14,740
Intel Core2 Duo E6540
2C / 2T · 2.33 GHz
625

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At a glance

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WXIntel Core2 Duo E6540
FamilyAMD Ryzen Threadripper (16)Intel Core2 Duo (29)
CPU groupAMD Ryzen Threadripper 2000 (4)Intel Core 2 Duo E4000/E6000 (15)
ArchitectureColfax (Zen+)Conroe (Core)
Technology12 nm65 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketTR4 (SP3r2)LGA 775
Predecessor
SuccessorAMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WXIntel Core2 Duo E6540
CPU Cores / Threads24 / 482 / 2
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 24x 2x
Frequency: 3.00 GHz 2.33 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 4.20 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 3.00 GHz
L2-Cache12.00 MB4.00 MB
L3-Cache64.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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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 2970WXIntel Core2 Duo E6540
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WXIntel Core2 Duo E6540
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 2970WXIntel Core2 Duo E6540
TDP250 W65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WXIntel Core2 Duo E6540
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
Release dateQ3/2018Q3/2007
Release price1299 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX
24C / 48T · 3.00 - 4.20 GHz
Intel Core2 Duo E6540
Intel Core2 Duo E6540
2C / 2T · 2.33 GHz

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