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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X vs Intel Xeon W-2245

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X
Rank 2 - 98 %
Intel Xeon W-2245
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X
Rank 2 - 50 %
Intel Xeon W-2245
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X
24C / 48T · 4.50 GHz
1,684
Intel Xeon W-2245
8C / 16T · 4.70 GHz
1,623
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X
24C / 48T · 4.00 GHz
13,875
Intel Xeon W-2245
8C / 16T · 4.50 GHz
9,368
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X
24C / 48T · 4.50 GHz
1,274
Intel Xeon W-2245
8C / 16T · 4.70 GHz
1,268
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X
24C / 48T · 4.00 GHz
21,436
Intel Xeon W-2245
8C / 16T · 4.50 GHz
10,028
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X
24C / 48T · 4.50 GHz
209 cb
Intel Xeon W-2245
8C / 16T · 4.70 GHz
210 cb
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X
24C / 48T · 4.00 GHz
5,933 cb
Intel Xeon W-2245
8C / 16T · 4.50 GHz
1,972 cb

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960XIntel Xeon W-2245
FamilyAMD Ryzen Threadripper (16)Intel Xeon W (97)
CPU groupAMD Ryzen Threadripper 3000 (3)Intel Xeon W-2200/3200 (17)
ArchitectureCastle Peak (Zen 2)Cascade Lake W
Technology7 nm14 nm
SegmentDesktopEnterprise / Embedded
SocketTRX4 (sTRX4)LGA 2066
PredecessorIntel Xeon W-2145
SuccessorIntel Xeon w5-2445

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960XIntel Xeon W-2245
CPU Cores / Threads24 / 488 / 16
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 24x 8x
Frequency: 3.80 GHz 3.90 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 4.50 GHz 4.70 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 4.00 GHz 4.50 GHz
L2-Cache12.00 MB
L3-Cache128.00 MB16.50 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960XIntel Xeon W-2245
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 3960XIntel Xeon W-2245
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960XIntel Xeon W-2245
MemoryDDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
DDR4-2933 (93.8 GB/s)
Max. Memory2048 GB1024 GB
Memory channels44
ECCYesYes
PCIe4.0 x 643.0 x 48
PCIe Bandwidth126.0 GB/s47.3 GB/s

Thermal Management

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960XIntel Xeon W-2245
TDP280 W155 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.95 °C

Technical details

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960XIntel Xeon W-2245
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, FMA3SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
Release dateQ4/2019Q4/2019
Release price1435 $667 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X
24C / 48T · 3.80 - 4.50 GHz
Intel Xeon W-2245
Intel Xeon W-2245
8C / 16T · 3.90 - 4.70 GHz

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