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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X vs Intel Xeon E-2288G

Last updated: 2026-05-04

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 93 %

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Xeon E-2288G

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X

Rank 2 - 41 %

Intel Xeon E-2288G

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

24C / 48T · 4.50 GHz

1,684

8C / 16T · 5.00 GHz

1,732

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

24C / 48T · 4.00 GHz

13,875

8C / 16T · 3.70 GHz

8,136

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

24C / 48T · 4.50 GHz

509 cb

8C / 16T · 5.00 GHz

493 cb

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

24C / 48T · 4.50 GHz

1,274

8C / 16T · 5.00 GHz

1,422

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

24C / 48T · 4.00 GHz

13,552 cb

8C / 16T · 3.70 GHz

4,277 cb

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

24C / 48T · 4.00 GHz

21,436

8C / 16T · 3.70 GHz

8,996

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

24C / 48T · 3.80 GHz

16,082

8C / 16T · 3.70 GHz

5,368

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

24C / 48T · 4.50 GHz

209 cb

8C / 16T · 5.00 GHz

207 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

24C / 48T · 4.00 GHz

5,933 cb

8C / 16T · 3.70 GHz

1,859 cb

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 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

3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 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

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X	Intel Xeon E-2288G
Family	AMD Ryzen Threadripper (16)	Intel Xeon E (44)
CPU group	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3000 (3)	Intel Xeon E-2200 (19)
Architecture	Castle Peak (Zen 2)	Coffee Lake S
Technology	7 nm	14 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	TRX4 (sTRX4)	LGA 1151
Predecessor
Successor		Intel Xeon E-2388G

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X	Intel Xeon E-2288G
CPU Cores / Threads	24 / 48	8 / 16
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	24x	8x
Frequency:	3.80 GHz	3.70 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	4.50 GHz	5.00 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	4.00 GHz
L2-Cache	12.00 MB
L3-Cache	128.00 MB	16.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X	Intel Xeon E-2288G
GPU name	no iGPU	Intel UHD Graphics P630
GPU frequency		0.35 - 1.20 GHz
CUs / Shader	/	24 / 192
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays		3
Max. GPU Memory		64 GB
Technology		14 nm
Release date		Q4/2017

NPU AI performance

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X	Intel Xeon E-2288G
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X	Intel Xeon E-2288G
Memory	DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)	DDR4-2666 (42.7 GB/s)
Max. Memory	2048 GB	128 GB
Memory channels	4	2
ECC	Yes	Yes
PCIe	4.0 x 64	3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth	126.0 GB/s	15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X	Intel Xeon E-2288G
TDP	280 W	95 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	95 °C	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X	Intel Xeon E-2288G
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, AVX2
Release date	Q4/2019	Q2/2019
Release price	1435 $	539 $
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 3960X is 4.9 stars (15 ratings), while Intel Xeon E-2288G has received 5.0 stars (2 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X
24C / 48T · 3.80 - 4.50 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Xeon E-2288G
8C / 16T · 3.70 - 5.00 GHz

★★★★★