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AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX vs Intel Core i7-980

Last updated: 2026-06-06

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 PRO 5965WX

Rank 2 - 35 %

Intel Core i7-980

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX

Rank 2 - 13 %

Intel Core i7-980

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

24C / 48T · 4.50 GHz

2,054

6C / 12T · 3.60 GHz

645

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

24C / 48T · 4.00 GHz

18,846

6C / 12T · 3.33 GHz

2,714

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

24C / 48T · 4.50 GHz

1,604

6C / 12T · 3.60 GHz

614

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

24C / 48T · 4.00 GHz

23,928

6C / 12T · 3.33 GHz

3,370

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

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX	Intel Core i7-980
Family	AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO (20)	Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU group	AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5000 (5)	Intel Core i7 900 (4)
Architecture	Chagall (Zen 3)	Gulftown
Technology	7 nm	32 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	WRX8 (sWRX8)	LGA 1366
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX	Intel Core i7-980
CPU Cores / Threads	24 / 48	6 / 12
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	24x	6x
Frequency:	3.80 GHz	3.33 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	4.50 GHz	3.60 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	4.00 GHz
L2-Cache	12.00 MB	1.50 MB
L3-Cache	128.00 MB	12.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX	Intel Core i7-980
GPU name	no iGPU	no iGPU
GPU frequency
CUs / Shader	/	/
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays
Max. GPU Memory
Technology
Release date

NPU AI performance

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX	Intel Core i7-980
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX	Intel Core i7-980
Memory	DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)	DDR3-1066 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory	2048 GB	24 GB
Memory channels	8	3
ECC	Yes	No
PCIe	4.0 x 128
PCIe Bandwidth	252.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX	Intel Core i7-980
TDP	280 W	130 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	95 °C

Technical details

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX	Intel Core i7-980
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	Q1/2022	Q2/2011
Release price		594 $
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 PRO 5965WX is 4.0 stars (5 ratings), while Intel Core i7-980 has received 4.7 stars (3 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX
24C / 48T · 3.80 - 4.50 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i7-980
6C / 12T · 3.33 - 3.60 GHz

★★★★★