AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X vs Intel Core i9-9980XE

What is the difference between AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X and Intel Core i9-9980XE. Find out which CPU has better performance.

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X
Intel Core i9-9980XE
Intel Core i9-9980XE

Performance (Benchmarks)

1212Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score1127
25036Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score15294
80911PassMark CPU Mark Rating32390
2564PassMark Single Thread Rating2570
108023DMark Time Spy Physics Score11531

Processor Specs

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990XProcessorIntel Core i9-9980XE
2900 MHzFrequency3000 MHz
4300 MHzMaximum Frequency4400 MHz
64Cores18
128Threads36
280 WTDP165 W
Castle PeakCodenameSkylake
sTRX4PackageSocket 2066 LGA

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

1224Single-Core Score1121
29391Multi-Core Score16327
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 10.15.7 (Build 19H2)
System manufacturer System Product NameModeliMacPro1,1
Model IDiMacPro1,1
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. PRIME TRX40-PRO-SMotherboardApple Inc. Mac-7BA5B2D9E42DDD94 1.0
High performancePower Plan

CPU Specifications

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990XNameIntel Core i9-9980XE
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 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 GBSize128.00 GB
1596 MHzFrequency
Transfer Rate3200 MT/s
DDR4 SDRAMTypeDDR4
4Channels

Geekbench 5 result (single)

1224Single-Core Score1121
2093Crypto Score1486
1068Integer Score1047
1418Floating Point Score 1221
2093
3.57 GB/sec		AES-XTS1486
2.53 GB/sec
1200
6.07 MB/sec		Text Compression (LZMA)1115
5.64 MB/sec
1248
59.1 Mpixels/sec		Image Compression1089
51.5 Mpixels/sec
1078
3.04 MTE/sec		Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)1051
2.96 MTE/sec
841
988.0 KElements/sec		HTML5908
1.07 MElements/sec
898
281.2 Krows/sec		SQLite1003
314.2 Krows/sec
1072
58.2 Mpixels/sec		PDF Rendering1065
57.8 Mpixels/sec
1062
338.3 KB/sec		Text Rendering1025
326.5 KB/sec
1070
8.34 Klines/sec		Clang1059
8.25 Klines/sec
1213
14.1 images/sec		Camera1123
13.0 images/sec
1399
1.75 Mpairs/sec		N-Body Physics1010
1.26 Mpairs/sec
1216
7533.2 FPS		Rigid Body Physics1294
8018.6 FPS
1470
80.8 Mpixels/sec		Gaussian Blur776
42.7 Mpixels/sec
1300
10.0 images/sec		Face Detection1116
8.59 images/sec
1148
28.3 Mpixels/sec		Horizon Detection985
24.3 Mpixels/sec
2337
114.6 Mpixels/sec		Image Inpainting2063
101.2 Mpixels/sec
2291
31.2 Mpixels/sec		HDR1990
27.1 Mpixels/sec
1578
1.27 Mpixels/sec		Ray Tracing1460
1.17 Mpixels/sec
1010
9.05 Kpixels/sec		Structure from Motion1025
9.18 Kpixels/sec
1272
40.7 Words/sec		Speech Recognition1026
32.8 Words/sec
1149
44.4 images/sec		Machine Learning1285
49.7 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

29391Multi-Core Score16327
17787Crypto Score13676
27944Integer Score15343
34460Floating Point Score 18900
17787
30.3 GB/sec		AES-XTS13676
23.3 GB/sec
48777
246.7 MB/sec		Text Compression (LZMA)19874
100.5 MB/sec
49166
2.33 Gpixels/sec		Image Compression22540
1.07 Gpixels/sec
8293
23.4 MTE/sec		Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)9673
27.3 MTE/sec
38095
44.7 MElements/sec		HTML515890
18.7 MElements/sec
41373
13.0 Mrows/sec		SQLite16624
5.21 Mrows/sec
23387
1.27 Gpixels/sec		PDF Rendering10513
570.5 Mpixels/sec
15925
4.95 MB/sec		Text Rendering13843
4.31 MB/sec
45929
357.9 Klines/sec		Clang17152
133.6 Klines/sec
19376
224.6 images/sec		Camera16492
191.2 images/sec
18946
23.7 Mpairs/sec		N-Body Physics14011
17.5 Mpairs/sec
58940
365155.6 FPS		Rigid Body Physics31896
197607.0 FPS
44675
2.46 Gpixels/sec		Gaussian Blur19174
1.05 Gpixels/sec
63352
487.8 images/sec		Face Detection23254
179.0 images/sec
24751
610.1 Mpixels/sec		Horizon Detection18180
448.1 Mpixels/sec
53844
2.64 Gpixels/sec		Image Inpainting26563
1.30 Gpixels/sec
49139
669.6 Mpixels/sec		HDR31903
434.7 Mpixels/sec
53867
43.3 Mpixels/sec		Ray Tracing30382
24.4 Mpixels/sec
22667
203.1 Kpixels/sec		Structure from Motion17152
153.7 Kpixels/sec
35187
1.12 KWords/sec		Speech Recognition10369
331.5 Words/sec
9152
353.7 images/sec		Machine Learning6628
256.1 images/sec