AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X vs Intel Core i9 9940X
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Aug 2018
Oct 2018
Manufacturer
AMD
Intel
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Zen+
Skylake
Integrated Graphics
N/A
N/A
Processor Number
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i9-9940X
Package
Transistor Count
9.6 billions
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Manufacturing Process
12 nm
14 nm
Socket
sTR4
LGA-2066
Power Consumption
180 W
165 W
Peak Operating Temperature
68 °C
88 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
16
14
Performance Core Threads
32
28
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.5 GHz
3.3 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.4 GHz
4.4 GHz
Total Core Count
16
14
Total Thread Count
32
28
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
35x
33x
L1 Cache
96 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
512 K per core
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
32 MB shared
20 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
Yes
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2933
DDR4-2666
Max Memory Size
2048 GB
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
4
4
Max Memory Bandwidth
87.42 GB/s
85 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
No
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
3.0
PCIe Lanes
60
44
Extended Instruction Set
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SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,135
1,228
Cinebench R23
18,797
15,351
Geekbench 6
1,221
1,328
Geekbench 5
1,128
1,189
Geekbench 6
9,103
9,787
Geekbench 5
12,093
14,374
Passmark CPU
2,456
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Passmark CPU
29,227
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.