AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X vs Intel Xeon E5-2690 v2

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Physical Specifications

Socket AMD Socket TRX4 Intel Socket 2011
Foundry TSMC Intel
Process size 7 nm 22 nm
Transistors 3,800 million 1,400 million
Die size 74 mm² 160 mm²
Package sTRX4
tCaseMax 95°C

Performance

Frequency 3.7 GHz 3 GHz
Turbo clock up to 4.5 GHz up to 3.8 GHz
Base clock 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 37.0x 30.0x
Multiplier unlocked Yes No
TDP 280 W 130 W
FP32 6,912.0 GFLOPS

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Server/Workstation
Production status Active unknown
Release date Nov 25th, 2019 Sep 1st, 2013
Codename Matisse Ivy Bridge-EP
Generation Ryzen Threadripper Xeon E5
Part 100-000000011 SR1A5
Memory support DDR4-3200 MHz Quad-channel DDR3 Quad-channel
ECC memory No Yes
PCI Express Gen 4 Gen 3

Cores

Total Cores 32 10
Total Threads 64 20
SMP # CPUs 1 2
Integrated graphics

Cache

Cache L1 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
Cache L2 512K (per core) 256K (per core)
Cache L3 128MB 25MB (shared)

Notes

Notes This processor comes with an unlocked base clock multiplier, allowing users to set the multiplier value higher than shipped value, to facilitate better overclocking.

Features & Technologies

AES Yes
AES-NI Yes
AMD-V Yes
AMD64 Yes
AVX Yes Yes
AVX2 Yes
BMI1 Yes
BMI2 Yes
ECC Yes
EIST Yes
EPT Yes
EVP Yes
F16C Yes Yes
FMA3 Yes
HTT Yes
Intel 64 Yes
MMX Yes Yes
Precision Boost 2 Yes
SHA Yes
SMAP Yes
SMEP Yes
SMT Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4.1 Yes
SSE4.2 Yes Yes
SSE4A Yes
SSSE3 Yes Yes
TXT Yes
VT-d Yes
VT-x Yes
XD bit Yes
XFR 2 Yes

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