AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X vs Intel Core i9-10980XE

What is the difference between AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X and Intel Core i9-10980XE. Find out which CPU has better performance.

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X
Intel Core i9-10980XE
Intel Core i9-10980XE

Performance (Benchmarks)

1212Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score1167
25036Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score15957
80911PassMark CPU Mark Rating33770
2564PassMark Single Thread Rating2669
108023DMark Time Spy Physics Score

Processor Specs

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990XProcessorIntel Core i9-10980XE
2900 MHzFrequency3000 MHz
4300 MHzMaximum Frequency4600 MHz
64Cores18
128Threads36
280 WTDP165 W
Castle PeakCodenameCascade Lake
sTRX4PackageSocket 2066 LGA

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

1224Single-Core Score1163
29391Multi-Core Score17544
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Corporate for macOS x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Microsoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)Operating SystemmacOS 11.5.1 (Build 20G80)
System manufacturer System Product NameModeliMacPro1,1
Model IDiMacPro1,1
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. PRIME TRX40-PRO-SMotherboardASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. Mac-7BA5B2D9E42DDD94 iMacPro1,1
High performancePower Plan

CPU Specifications

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990XNameIntel Core i9-10980XE
1 Processor, 64 CoresTopology1 Processor, 18 Cores, 36 Threads
AuthenticAMD Family 23 Model 49 Stepping 0IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 85 Stepping 7
2.90 GHzBase Frequency3.00 GHz
4117 MHzMaximum Frequency
Socket sTRX4 (4094)Package
Castle PeakCodename
32.0 KB x 64L1 Instruction Cache32.0 KB x 18
32.0 KB x 64L1 Data Cache32.0 KB x 18
512 KB x 64L2 Cache1.00 MB x 18
16.0 MB x 16L3 Cache24.8 MB x 1

Memory Information

256.00 GBSize256.00 GB
1596 MHzFrequency
Transfer Rate3200 MT/s
DDR4 SDRAMTypeDDR4
4Channels

Geekbench 5 result (single)

1224Single-Core Score1163
2093Crypto Score1578
1068Integer Score1083
1418Floating Point Score 1267
2093
3.57 GB/sec		AES-XTS1578
2.69 GB/sec
1200
6.07 MB/sec		Text Compression (LZMA)1119
5.66 MB/sec
1248
59.1 Mpixels/sec		Image Compression1080
51.1 Mpixels/sec
1078
3.04 MTE/sec		Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)1069
3.01 MTE/sec
841
988.0 KElements/sec		HTML51007
1.18 MElements/sec
898
281.2 Krows/sec		SQLite1057
331.0 Krows/sec
1072
58.2 Mpixels/sec		PDF Rendering1070
58.1 Mpixels/sec
1062
338.3 KB/sec		Text Rendering1082
344.7 KB/sec
1070
8.34 Klines/sec		Clang1108
8.64 Klines/sec
1213
14.1 images/sec		Camera1162
13.5 images/sec
1399
1.75 Mpairs/sec		N-Body Physics1022
1.28 Mpairs/sec
1216
7533.2 FPS		Rigid Body Physics1367
8468.7 FPS
1470
80.8 Mpixels/sec		Gaussian Blur813
44.7 Mpixels/sec
1300
10.0 images/sec		Face Detection1179
9.08 images/sec
1148
28.3 Mpixels/sec		Horizon Detection1017
25.1 Mpixels/sec
2337
114.6 Mpixels/sec		Image Inpainting2147
105.3 Mpixels/sec
2291
31.2 Mpixels/sec		HDR2109
28.7 Mpixels/sec
1578
1.27 Mpixels/sec		Ray Tracing1529
1.23 Mpixels/sec
1010
9.05 Kpixels/sec		Structure from Motion1116
10.0 Kpixels/sec
1272
40.7 Words/sec		Speech Recognition1068
34.1 Words/sec
1149
44.4 images/sec		Machine Learning1197
46.3 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

29391Multi-Core Score17544
17787Crypto Score13687
27944Integer Score16925
34460Floating Point Score 19527
17787
30.3 GB/sec		AES-XTS13687
23.3 GB/sec
48777
246.7 MB/sec		Text Compression (LZMA)20867
105.5 MB/sec
49166
2.33 Gpixels/sec		Image Compression22231
1.05 Gpixels/sec
8293
23.4 MTE/sec		Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)10003
28.2 MTE/sec
38095
44.7 MElements/sec		HTML517214
20.2 MElements/sec
41373
13.0 Mrows/sec		SQLite20159
6.32 Mrows/sec
23387
1.27 Gpixels/sec		PDF Rendering11752
637.8 Mpixels/sec
15925
4.95 MB/sec		Text Rendering14798
4.60 MB/sec
45929
357.9 Klines/sec		Clang20902
162.9 Klines/sec
19376
224.6 images/sec		Camera19469
225.7 images/sec
18946
23.7 Mpairs/sec		N-Body Physics14537
18.2 Mpairs/sec
58940
365155.6 FPS		Rigid Body Physics32761
202965.8 FPS
44675
2.46 Gpixels/sec		Gaussian Blur19770
1.09 Gpixels/sec
63352
487.8 images/sec		Face Detection24491
188.6 images/sec
24751
610.1 Mpixels/sec		Horizon Detection18345
452.2 Mpixels/sec
53844
2.64 Gpixels/sec		Image Inpainting25974
1.27 Gpixels/sec
49139
669.6 Mpixels/sec		HDR33950
462.6 Mpixels/sec
53867
43.3 Mpixels/sec		Ray Tracing31192
25.0 Mpixels/sec
22667
203.1 Kpixels/sec		Structure from Motion18671
167.3 Kpixels/sec
35187
1.12 KWords/sec		Speech Recognition10905
348.7 Words/sec
9152
353.7 images/sec		Machine Learning6645
256.8 images/sec