AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX vs Intel Core i9 9960X
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Oct 2018
Oct 2018
Manufacturer
AMD
Intel
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Zen+
Skylake
Integrated Graphics
N/A
N/A
Processor Number
-
i9-9960X
Package
Transistor Count
19.2 billions
-
Manufacturing Process
12 nm
14 nm
Socket
sTR4
LGA-2066
Power Consumption
250 W
165 W
Peak Operating Temperature
68 °C
85 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
24
16
Performance Core Threads
48
32
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.0 GHz
3.1 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.2 GHz
4.4 GHz
Total Core Count
24
16
Total Thread Count
48
32
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
-
Multiplier
30x
-
L1 Cache
96 K per core
32 K per core
L2 Cache
512 K per core
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
64 MB shared
22 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
Yes
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2933
DDR4-2666
Max Memory Size
2048 GB
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
4
4
Max Memory Bandwidth
87.42 GB/s
85 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
No
Miscellaneous
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,159
1,075
Cinebench R23
26,292
17,953
Geekbench 6
1,297
1,432
Geekbench 5
1,064
-
Geekbench 6
8,391
10,707
Geekbench 5
11,876
-
Passmark CPU
2,319
2,608
Passmark CPU
29,986
30,525