AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X vs Intel Xeon E5-4650

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Physical Specifications

Socket AMD Socket TRX4 Intel Socket 2011
Foundry TSMC Intel
Process size 7 nm 32 nm
Transistors 3,800 million 2,270 million
Die size 74 mm² 435 mm²
Package sTRX4 FC-LGA10
tCaseMax 95°C

Performance

Frequency 2.9 GHz 2.7 GHz
Turbo clock up to 4.3 GHz up to 3.3 GHz
Base clock 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 29.0x 27.0x
Multiplier unlocked Yes No
TDP 280 W 130 W
FP32 13,209.6 GFLOPS
Voltage 1.35 V

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Server/Workstation
Production status Active unknown
Release date Feb 7th, 2020 May 14th, 2012
Codename Matisse Sandy Bridge-EP
Generation Ryzen Threadripper Xeon E5
Part 100-000000163 SR0JHSR0KJSR0TSSR0QR
Memory support DDR4-3200 MHz Quad-channel DDR3 Quad-channel
ECC memory No Yes
PCI Express Gen 4 Gen 3

Cores

Total Cores 64 8
Total Threads 128 16
SMP # CPUs 1 4
Integrated graphics

Cache

Cache L1 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
Cache L2 512K (per core) 256K (per core)
Cache L3 128MB 20MB (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

8.0GT/s QPI Yes
AES Yes
AES-NI Yes
AMD-V Yes
AMD64 Yes
AVX Yes Yes
AVX2 Yes
BMI1 Yes
BMI2 Yes
EIST Yes
EVP Yes
F16C 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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