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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q6400

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX
Rank 2 - 31 %
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6400
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX
Rank 2 - 6 %
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6400
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 Core 2 Quad Q6400
4C / 4T · 2.13 GHz
312
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 Core 2 Quad Q6400
4C / 4T · 2.13 GHz
1,015

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At a glance

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WXIntel Core 2 Quad Q6400
FamilyAMD Ryzen Threadripper (16)Intel Core2 Quad (19)
CPU groupAMD Ryzen Threadripper 2000 (4)Intel Core 2 Quad Q6000 (3)
ArchitectureColfax (Zen+)Kentsfield (Core)
Technology12 nm65 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketTR4 (SP3r2)LGA 775
Predecessor
SuccessorAMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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CPU Cores / Threads24 / 484 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 24x 4x
Frequency: 3.00 GHz 2.13 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 4.20 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 3.00 GHz
L2-Cache12.00 MB8.00 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 Core 2 Quad Q6400
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WXIntel Core 2 Quad Q6400
MemoryDDR4-2933 (93.8 GB/s)
DDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s)
DDR2-800 (12.8 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 Core 2 Quad Q6400
TDP250 W105 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WXIntel Core 2 Quad Q6400
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, SSE2, SSE3
Release dateQ3/2018Q1/2007
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 Core 2 Quad Q6400
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6400
4C / 4T · 2.13 GHz

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