AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX vs Intel Core i7-6950X

What is the difference between AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX and Intel Core i7-6950X. Find out which CPU has better performance.

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX
Intel Core i7-6950X
Intel Core i7-6950X

Performance (Benchmarks)

980Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score948
10582Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score8963
32253PassMark CPU Mark Rating17055
2307PassMark Single Thread Rating2341
3DMark Time Spy Physics Score10822

Processor Specs

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WXProcessorIntel Core i7-6950X
3000 MHzFrequency3000 MHz
4200 MHzMaximum Frequency3500 MHz
32Cores10
64Threads20
250 WTDP140 W
ColfaxCodenameBroadwell-E
sTR4PackageFCLGA2011-3

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

979Single-Core Score948
16776Multi-Core Score8799
Geekbench 5.4.0 Tryout for Linux x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS 5.4.0-77-generic x86_64Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)
Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. X399 DESIGNARE EXModelGigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. Default string
Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. X399 DESIGNARE EX-CFMotherboardGigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. X99-UD4P-CF
Power PlanAlto rendimiento

CPU Specifications

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WXNameIntel Core i7-6950X
1 Processor, 32 Cores, 64 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 32L1 Instruction Cache32.0 KB x 10
32.0 KB x 32L1 Data Cache32.0 KB x 10
512 KB x 32L2 Cache256 KB x 10
8.00 MB x 8L3 Cache25.0 MB x 1

Memory Information

62.84 GBSize15.90 GB
Frequency1333 MHz
TypeDDR4 SDRAM
Channels4

Geekbench 5 result (single)

979Single-Core Score948
1740Crypto Score1205
857Integer Score894
1115Floating Point Score 1022
1740
2.97 GB/sec		AES-XTS1205
2.05 GB/sec
942
4.77 MB/sec		Text Compression (LZMA)1014
5.13 MB/sec
969
45.8 Mpixels/sec		Image Compression1038
49.1 Mpixels/sec
925
2.61 MTE/sec		Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)944
2.66 MTE/sec
734
861.6 KElements/sec		HTML5811
952.1 KElements/sec
776
243.2 Krows/sec		SQLite826
258.9 Krows/sec
919
49.9 Mpixels/sec		PDF Rendering931
50.5 Mpixels/sec
743
236.6 KB/sec		Text Rendering868
276.5 KB/sec
863
6.72 Klines/sec		Clang849
6.61 Klines/sec
879
10.2 images/sec		Camera797
9.24 images/sec
845
1.06 Mpairs/sec		N-Body Physics884
1.11 Mpairs/sec
1017
6298.0 FPS		Rigid Body Physics949
5877.0 FPS
1320
72.6 Mpixels/sec		Gaussian Blur784
43.1 Mpixels/sec
1023
7.87 images/sec		Face Detection902
6.94 images/sec
856
21.1 Mpixels/sec		Horizon Detection918
22.6 Mpixels/sec
2120
104.0 Mpixels/sec		Image Inpainting1681
82.5 Mpixels/sec
1840
25.1 Mpixels/sec		HDR1664
22.7 Mpixels/sec
1347
1.08 Mpixels/sec		Ray Tracing1176
944.0 Kpixels/sec
924
8.28 Kpixels/sec		Structure from Motion800
7.16 Kpixels/sec
968
30.9 Words/sec		Speech Recognition1023
32.7 Words/sec
708
27.4 images/sec		Machine Learning868
33.5 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

16776Multi-Core Score8799
7084Crypto Score8070
17124Integer Score8563
17638Floating Point Score 9431
7084
12.1 GB/sec		AES-XTS8070
13.8 GB/sec
20890
105.7 MB/sec		Text Compression (LZMA)11213
56.7 MB/sec
25847
1.22 Gpixels/sec		Image Compression11818
559.1 Mpixels/sec
5512
15.5 MTE/sec		Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)5515
15.6 MTE/sec
19367
22.7 MElements/sec		HTML57656
8.99 MElements/sec
23369
7.32 Mrows/sec		SQLite8784
2.75 Mrows/sec
19906
1.08 Gpixels/sec		PDF Rendering9161
497.2 Mpixels/sec
10991
3.42 MB/sec		Text Rendering7590
2.36 MB/sec
26067
203.1 Klines/sec		Clang9537
74.3 Klines/sec
16478
191.0 images/sec		Camera7599
88.1 images/sec
10357
13.0 Mpairs/sec		N-Body Physics8188
10.2 Mpairs/sec
34236
212105.7 FPS		Rigid Body Physics12144
75237.8 FPS
14050
772.3 Mpixels/sec		Gaussian Blur8395
461.5 Mpixels/sec
26292
202.4 images/sec		Face Detection9512
73.2 images/sec
18479
455.5 Mpixels/sec		Horizon Detection9698
239.0 Mpixels/sec
23660
1.16 Gpixels/sec		Image Inpainting14053
689.4 Mpixels/sec
35827
488.2 Mpixels/sec		HDR17482
238.2 Mpixels/sec
31000
24.9 Mpixels/sec		Ray Tracing12492
10.0 Mpixels/sec
23551
211.0 Kpixels/sec		Structure from Motion8417
75.4 Kpixels/sec
7541
241.1 Words/sec		Speech Recognition6695
214.0 Words/sec
4549
175.8 images/sec		Machine Learning3942
152.3 images/sec