AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5945WX vs Intel Xeon E5-2660 v4

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5945WX and Intel Xeon E5-2660 v4 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5945WX

  • Around 41% higher clock speed: 4.5 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 14 nm
  • Around 76% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3355 vs 1906
  • Around 53% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 40422 vs 26403
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 4.5 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 14 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 3355 vs 1906
PassMark - CPU mark 40422 vs 26403

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2660 v4

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 14 vs 12
  • 4 more threads: 28 vs 24
  • 2.7x lower typical power consumption: 105 Watt vs 280 Watt
Number of cores 14 vs 12
Number of threads 28 vs 24
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 vs 1
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 105 Watt vs 280 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5945WX
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2660 v4

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3355
1906
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
40422
26403
Name AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5945WX Intel Xeon E5-2660 v4
PassMark - Single thread mark 3355 1906
PassMark - CPU mark 40422 26403
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 3364
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 25358

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5945WX Intel Xeon E5-2660 v4

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 3 Broadwell
Launch date 8 Mar 2022 Q1'16
OPN Tray 100-000000448
Place in performance rating 230 236
Processor Number E5-2660V4
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family
Status Launched
Vertical segment Server

Performance

Base frequency 4.1 GHz 2.00 GHz
Die size 81 mm²
L1 cache 768 KB
L2 cache 6 MB
L3 cache 64 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 14 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 95 °C
Maximum frequency 4.5 GHz 3.20 GHz
Number of cores 12 14
Number of threads 24 28
Transistor count 16600 million
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 9.6 GT/s QPI
Maximum core temperature 79°C
Number of QPI Links 2

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 8 4
Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR4 1600/1866/2133/2400
Maximum memory bandwidth 76.8 GB/s

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 2
Sockets supported WRX8 FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 280 Watt 105 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 45mm x 52.5mm

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 128 40
PCI Express revision 4.0 3.0
PCIe configurations x4, x8, x16
Scalability 2S

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE) 46-bit
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)