AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X vs Intel Core i9-7980XE

What is the difference between AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X and Intel Core i9-7980XE. Find out which CPU has better performance.

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X
Intel Core i9-7980XE
Intel Core i9-7980XE

Performance (Benchmarks)

1212Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score1112
25036Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score15007
80911PassMark CPU Mark Rating29471
2564PassMark Single Thread Rating2470
108023DMark Time Spy Physics Score

Processor Specs

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990XProcessorIntel Core i9-7980XE
2900 MHzFrequency2600 MHz
4300 MHzMaximum Frequency4200 MHz
64Cores18
128Threads36
280 WTDP165 W
Castle PeakCodenameSkylake
sTRX4PackageSocket 2066 LGA

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

1224Single-Core Score1114
29391Multi-Core Score15150
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for macOS x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Microsoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)Operating SystemmacOS 11.4 (Build 20F71)
System manufacturer System Product NameModeliMacPro1,1
Model IDiMacPro1,1
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. PRIME TRX40-PRO-SMotherboardAcidanthera Mac-7BA5B2D9E42DDD94 iMacPro1,1
High performancePower Plan

CPU Specifications

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990XNameIntel Core i9-7980XE
1 Processor, 64 CoresTopology1 Processor, 18 Cores, 36 Threads
AuthenticAMD Family 23 Model 49 Stepping 0IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 85 Stepping 4
2.90 GHzBase Frequency2.60 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 GBSize64.00 GB
1596 MHzFrequency
Transfer Rate3200 MT/s
DDR4 SDRAMTypeDDR4
4Channels

Geekbench 5 result (single)

1224Single-Core Score1114
2093Crypto Score1457
1068Integer Score1040
1418Floating Point Score 1217
2093
3.57 GB/sec		AES-XTS1457
2.48 GB/sec
1200
6.07 MB/sec		Text Compression (LZMA)1110
5.61 MB/sec
1248
59.1 Mpixels/sec		Image Compression1064
50.3 Mpixels/sec
1078
3.04 MTE/sec		Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)1039
2.93 MTE/sec
841
988.0 KElements/sec		HTML5926
1.09 MElements/sec
898
281.2 Krows/sec		SQLite1040
325.9 Krows/sec
1072
58.2 Mpixels/sec		PDF Rendering1010
54.8 Mpixels/sec
1062
338.3 KB/sec		Text Rendering1012
322.5 KB/sec
1070
8.34 Klines/sec		Clang1057
8.23 Klines/sec
1213
14.1 images/sec		Camera1117
12.9 images/sec
1399
1.75 Mpairs/sec		N-Body Physics1008
1.26 Mpairs/sec
1216
7533.2 FPS		Rigid Body Physics1241
7686.0 FPS
1470
80.8 Mpixels/sec		Gaussian Blur774
42.5 Mpixels/sec
1300
10.0 images/sec		Face Detection1124
8.65 images/sec
1148
28.3 Mpixels/sec		Horizon Detection996
24.5 Mpixels/sec
2337
114.6 Mpixels/sec		Image Inpainting2125
104.2 Mpixels/sec
2291
31.2 Mpixels/sec		HDR2045
27.9 Mpixels/sec
1578
1.27 Mpixels/sec		Ray Tracing1454
1.17 Mpixels/sec
1010
9.05 Kpixels/sec		Structure from Motion1024
9.17 Kpixels/sec
1272
40.7 Words/sec		Speech Recognition1079
34.5 Words/sec
1149
44.4 images/sec		Machine Learning1144
44.2 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

29391Multi-Core Score15150
17787Crypto Score11912
27944Integer Score14692
34460Floating Point Score 16682
17787
30.3 GB/sec		AES-XTS11912
20.3 GB/sec
48777
246.7 MB/sec		Text Compression (LZMA)19769
100.0 MB/sec
49166
2.33 Gpixels/sec		Image Compression19537
924.3 Mpixels/sec
8293
23.4 MTE/sec		Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)9654
27.2 MTE/sec
38095
44.7 MElements/sec		HTML514063
16.5 MElements/sec
41373
13.0 Mrows/sec		SQLite16127
5.05 Mrows/sec
23387
1.27 Gpixels/sec		PDF Rendering10801
586.2 Mpixels/sec
15925
4.95 MB/sec		Text Rendering12665
3.94 MB/sec
45929
357.9 Klines/sec		Clang17755
138.3 Klines/sec
19376
224.6 images/sec		Camera15525
180.0 images/sec
18946
23.7 Mpairs/sec		N-Body Physics12238
15.3 Mpairs/sec
58940
365155.6 FPS		Rigid Body Physics26420
163684.3 FPS
44675
2.46 Gpixels/sec		Gaussian Blur15760
866.3 Mpixels/sec
63352
487.8 images/sec		Face Detection19248
148.2 images/sec
24751
610.1 Mpixels/sec		Horizon Detection16088
396.5 Mpixels/sec
53844
2.64 Gpixels/sec		Image Inpainting26383
1.29 Gpixels/sec
49139
669.6 Mpixels/sec		HDR27030
368.3 Mpixels/sec
53867
43.3 Mpixels/sec		Ray Tracing24391
19.6 Mpixels/sec
22667
203.1 Kpixels/sec		Structure from Motion14472
129.6 Kpixels/sec
35187
1.12 KWords/sec		Speech Recognition10665
341.0 Words/sec
9152
353.7 images/sec		Machine Learning6571
253.9 images/sec