AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX vs Intel Core i7-6950X

What is the difference between AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX and Intel Core i7-6950X. Find out which CPU has better performance.

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX
Intel Core i7-6950X
Intel Core i7-6950X

Performance (Benchmarks)

1006Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score948
9581Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score8963
29247PassMark CPU Mark Rating17055
2334PassMark Single Thread Rating2341
77163DMark Time Spy Physics Score10822

Processor Specs

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WXProcessorIntel Core i7-6950X
3000 MHzFrequency3000 MHz
4200 MHzMaximum Frequency3500 MHz
24Cores10
48Threads20
250 WTDP140 W
ColfaxCodenameBroadwell-E
sTR4PackageFCLGA2011-3

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

1013Single-Core Score948
11722Multi-Core Score8799
Geekbench 5.3.1 Tryout for macOS x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)

System Information

macOS 10.15.7 (Build 19H1030)Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)
iMacPro1,1ModelGigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. Default string
iMacPro1,1Model ID
Acidanthera Mac-7BA5B2D9E42DDD94 iMacPro1,1MotherboardGigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. X99-UD4P-CF
Power PlanAlto rendimiento

CPU Specifications

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WXNameIntel Core i7-6950X
1 Processor, 24 Cores, 48 ThreadsTopology1 Processor, 10 Cores, 20 Threads
AuthenticAMD Family 23 Model 8 Stepping 2IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 79 Stepping 1
3.00 GHzBase Frequency3.00 GHz
Maximum Frequency3499 MHz
PackageSocket 2011 LGA
CodenameBroadwell-E/EP
64.0 KB x 24L1 Instruction Cache32.0 KB x 10
32.0 KB x 24L1 Data Cache32.0 KB x 10
512 KB x 24L2 Cache256 KB x 10
8.00 MB x 8L3 Cache25.0 MB x 1

Memory Information

64.00 GBSize15.90 GB
1466 MHzFrequency1333 MHz
DDR4TypeDDR4 SDRAM
Channels4

Geekbench 5 result (single)

1013Single-Core Score948
1644Crypto Score1205
877Integer Score894
1204Floating Point Score 1022
1644
2.80 GB/sec		AES-XTS1205
2.05 GB/sec
853
4.31 MB/sec		Text Compression (LZMA)1014
5.13 MB/sec
911
43.1 Mpixels/sec		Image Compression1038
49.1 Mpixels/sec
833
2.35 MTE/sec		Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)944
2.66 MTE/sec
756
887.2 KElements/sec		HTML5811
952.1 KElements/sec
823
257.7 Krows/sec		SQLite826
258.9 Krows/sec
960
52.1 Mpixels/sec		PDF Rendering931
50.5 Mpixels/sec
772
245.9 KB/sec		Text Rendering868
276.5 KB/sec
891
6.95 Klines/sec		Clang849
6.61 Klines/sec
1151
13.3 images/sec		Camera797
9.24 images/sec
1117
1.40 Mpairs/sec		N-Body Physics884
1.11 Mpairs/sec
1287
7971.0 FPS		Rigid Body Physics949
5877.0 FPS
1386
76.2 Mpixels/sec		Gaussian Blur784
43.1 Mpixels/sec
1152
8.87 images/sec		Face Detection902
6.94 images/sec
899
22.2 Mpixels/sec		Horizon Detection918
22.6 Mpixels/sec
2091
102.6 Mpixels/sec		Image Inpainting1681
82.5 Mpixels/sec
1816
24.7 Mpixels/sec		HDR1664
22.7 Mpixels/sec
1440
1.16 Mpixels/sec		Ray Tracing1176
944.0 Kpixels/sec
966
8.65 Kpixels/sec		Structure from Motion800
7.16 Kpixels/sec
965
30.9 Words/sec		Speech Recognition1023
32.7 Words/sec
731
28.3 images/sec		Machine Learning868
33.5 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

11722Multi-Core Score8799
5714Crypto Score8070
11351Integer Score8563
13526Floating Point Score 9431
5714
9.74 GB/sec		AES-XTS8070
13.8 GB/sec
13612
68.8 MB/sec		Text Compression (LZMA)11213
56.7 MB/sec
19890
940.9 Mpixels/sec		Image Compression11818
559.1 Mpixels/sec
4267
12.0 MTE/sec		Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)5515
15.6 MTE/sec
17076
20.1 MElements/sec		HTML57656
8.99 MElements/sec
17835
5.59 Mrows/sec		SQLite8784
2.75 Mrows/sec
6550
355.5 Mpixels/sec		PDF Rendering9161
497.2 Mpixels/sec
7099
2.21 MB/sec		Text Rendering7590
2.36 MB/sec
18884
147.1 Klines/sec		Clang9537
74.3 Klines/sec
10122
117.3 images/sec		Camera7599
88.1 images/sec
11083
13.9 Mpairs/sec		N-Body Physics8188
10.2 Mpairs/sec
34845
215876.9 FPS		Rigid Body Physics12144
75237.8 FPS
15162
833.4 Mpixels/sec		Gaussian Blur8395
461.5 Mpixels/sec
26455
203.7 images/sec		Face Detection9512
73.2 images/sec
11653
287.2 Mpixels/sec		Horizon Detection9698
239.0 Mpixels/sec
12972
636.4 Mpixels/sec		Image Inpainting14053
689.4 Mpixels/sec
21498
292.9 Mpixels/sec		HDR17482
238.2 Mpixels/sec
31332
25.2 Mpixels/sec		Ray Tracing12492
10.0 Mpixels/sec
15510
139.0 Kpixels/sec		Structure from Motion8417
75.4 Kpixels/sec
3980
127.2 Words/sec		Speech Recognition6695
214.0 Words/sec
2847
110.0 images/sec		Machine Learning3942
152.3 images/sec