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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX vs Intel Core i5-680

Last updated: 2026-05-01

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX

Rank 2 - 64 %

Intel Core i5-680

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX

Rank 2 - 8 %

Intel Core i5-680

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

32C / 64T · 4.20 GHz

1,020

2C / 4T · 3.86 GHz

651

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

32C / 64T · 3.00 GHz

17,204

2C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

1,394

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries

Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

Monero Hashrate
94 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX	Intel Core i5-680
Family	AMD Ryzen Threadripper (16)	Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU group	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2000 (4)	Intel Core i5 600 (6)
Architecture	Colfax (Zen+)	Clarkdale
Technology	12 nm	32 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	TR4 (SP3r2)	LGA 1156
Predecessor
Successor	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX	Intel Core i5-680
CPU Cores / Threads	32 / 64	2 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	32x	2x
Frequency:	3.00 GHz	3.60 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	4.20 GHz	3.86 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	3.00 GHz
L2-Cache	16.00 MB	0.50 MB
L3-Cache	64.00 MB	4.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX	Intel Core i5-680
GPU name	no iGPU	Intel HD Graphics (Westmere)
GPU frequency		0.50 - 0.73 GHz
CUs / Shader	/	12 / 24
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays		2
Max. GPU Memory		2 GB
Technology		32 nm
Release date		Q1/2010

NPU AI performance

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX	Intel Core i5-680
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX	Intel Core i5-680
Memory	DDR4-2933 (93.8 GB/s)	DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s) DDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s)
Max. Memory		16 GB
Memory channels	4	2
ECC	Yes	No
PCIe	3.0 x 64	2.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth	63.0 GB/s	8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX	Intel Core i5-680
TDP	250 W	73 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX	Intel Core i5-680
Chip design	Chiplet	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Windows 10, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3	SSE4.1, SSE4.2
Release date	Q3/2018	Q2/2010
Release price	1799 $	305 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX is 4.3 stars (14 ratings), while Intel Core i5-680 has received 5.0 stars (1 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX
32C / 64T · 3.00 - 4.20 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i5-680
2C / 4T · 3.60 - 3.86 GHz

★★★★★