AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX vs Intel Xeon E5-2690 v3

What is the difference between AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX and Intel Xeon E5-2690 v3. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

1006Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score813
9581Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score8749
29247PassMark CPU Mark Rating16463
2334PassMark Single Thread Rating1907
77163DMark Time Spy Physics Score

Processor Specs

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WXProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2690 v3
3000 MHzFrequency2600 MHz
4200 MHzMaximum Frequency3500 MHz
24Cores12
48Threads24
250 WTDP135 W
ColfaxCodenameHaswell
sTR4PackageSocket 2011 LGA

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

1013Single-Core Score816
11722Multi-Core Score14505
Geekbench 5.3.1 Tryout for macOS x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Linux x86 (64-bit)

System Information

macOS 10.15.7 (Build 19H1030)Operating SystemCloudLinux 7.9 (Boris Yegorov)
iMacPro1,1ModelSupermicro PIO-618U-TR4T+-ST031
iMacPro1,1Model ID
Acidanthera Mac-7BA5B2D9E42DDD94 iMacPro1,1MotherboardSupermicro X10DRU-i+

CPU Specifications

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WXNameIntel Xeon E5-2690 v3
1 Processor, 24 Cores, 48 ThreadsTopology2 Processors, 24 Cores, 48 Threads
AuthenticAMD Family 23 Model 8 Stepping 2IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 63 Stepping 2
3.00 GHzBase Frequency3.50 GHz
64.0 KB x 24L1 Instruction Cache32.0 KB x 12
32.0 KB x 24L1 Data Cache32.0 KB x 12
512 KB x 24L2 Cache256 KB x 12
8.00 MB x 8L3 Cache30.0 MB x 1

Memory Information

64.00 GBSize125.62 GB
1466 MHzFrequency
DDR4Type

Geekbench 5 result (single)

1013Single-Core Score816
1644Crypto Score1073
877Integer Score793
1204Floating Point Score 823
1644
2.80 GB/sec
AES-XTS1073
1.83 GB/sec
853
4.31 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)894
4.52 MB/sec
911
43.1 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression843
39.9 Mpixels/sec
833
2.35 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)757
2.13 MTE/sec
756
887.2 KElements/sec
HTML5761
893.3 KElements/sec
823
257.7 Krows/sec
SQLite850
266.4 Krows/sec
960
52.1 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering754
40.9 Mpixels/sec
772
245.9 KB/sec
Text Rendering704
224.3 KB/sec
891
6.95 Klines/sec
Clang816
6.35 Klines/sec
1151
13.3 images/sec
Camera774
8.97 images/sec
1117
1.40 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics732
915.7 Kpairs/sec
1287
7971.0 FPS
Rigid Body Physics816
5055.0 FPS
1386
76.2 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur684
37.6 Mpixels/sec
1152
8.87 images/sec
Face Detection746
5.74 images/sec
899
22.2 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection791
19.5 Mpixels/sec
2091
102.6 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting1284
63.0 Mpixels/sec
1816
24.7 Mpixels/sec
HDR832
11.3 Mpixels/sec
1440
1.16 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing1120
899.3 Kpixels/sec
966
8.65 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion751
6.73 Kpixels/sec
965
30.9 Words/sec
Speech Recognition897
28.7 Words/sec
731
28.3 images/sec
Machine Learning602
23.2 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

11722Multi-Core Score14505
5714Crypto Score12683
11351Integer Score14534
13526Floating Point Score 14745
5714
9.74 GB/sec
AES-XTS12683
21.6 GB/sec
13612
68.8 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)19076
96.5 MB/sec
19890
940.9 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression19243
910.3 Mpixels/sec
4267
12.0 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)7863
22.2 MTE/sec
17076
20.1 MElements/sec
HTML514282
16.8 MElements/sec
17835
5.59 Mrows/sec
SQLite15850
4.97 Mrows/sec
6550
355.5 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering18385
997.8 Mpixels/sec
7099
2.21 MB/sec
Text Rendering11470
3.57 MB/sec
18884
147.1 Klines/sec
Clang16031
124.9 Klines/sec
10122
117.3 images/sec
Camera13101
151.9 images/sec
11083
13.9 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics9037
11.3 Mpairs/sec
34845
215876.9 FPS
Rigid Body Physics20507
127049.8 FPS
15162
833.4 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur14383
790.6 Mpixels/sec
26455
203.7 images/sec
Face Detection14949
115.1 images/sec
11653
287.2 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection18817
463.8 Mpixels/sec
12972
636.4 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting23796
1.17 Gpixels/sec
21498
292.9 Mpixels/sec
HDR20445
278.6 Mpixels/sec
31332
25.2 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing18515
14.9 Mpixels/sec
15510
139.0 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion16684
149.5 Kpixels/sec
3980
127.2 Words/sec
Speech Recognition10170
325.1 Words/sec
2847
110.0 images/sec
Machine Learning6252
241.6 images/sec