AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX vs Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX and Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics, 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 5955WX

  • CPU is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 14
  • 4 more threads: 32 vs 28
  • Around 36% higher clock speed: 4.5 GHz vs 3.30 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 14 nm
  • 2.3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2.3x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 83% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 71% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3344 vs 1960
  • Around 77% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 50096 vs 28247
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 8 Mar 2022 vs 10 March 2016
Number of cores 16 vs 14
Number of threads 32 vs 28
Maximum frequency 4.5 GHz vs 3.30 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 14 nm
L1 cache 1 MB vs 448 KB
L2 cache 8 MB vs 3.5 MB
L3 cache 64 MB vs 35 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 3344 vs 1960
PassMark - CPU mark 50096 vs 28247

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4

  • 2.3x lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 280 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 vs 1
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt vs 280 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3344
1960
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
50096
28247
Name AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4
PassMark - Single thread mark 3344 1960
PassMark - CPU mark 50096 28247
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 3508
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 30097

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 3 Broadwell
Launch date 8 Mar 2022 10 March 2016
OPN Tray 100-000000447
Place in performance rating 172 149
Launch price (MSRP) $1,745
Price now $1,762.90
Processor Number E5-2680V4
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family
Status Launched
Value for money (0-100) 3.32
Vertical segment Server

Performance

Base frequency 4.0 GHz 2.40 GHz
Die size 81 mm² 306 mm
L1 cache 1 MB 448 KB
L2 cache 8 MB 3.5 MB
L3 cache 64 MB 35 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 14 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 95 °C
Maximum frequency 4.5 GHz 3.30 GHz
Number of cores 16 14
Number of threads 32 28
Transistor count 16600 million 4700 Million
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 9.6 GT/s QPI
Front-side bus (FSB) 9.6 GT / s / QPI
Maximum core temperature 86°C
Number of QPI Links 2
VID voltage range 0

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
Maximum memory size 1.5 TB

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 2
Sockets supported WRX8 FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 280 Watt 120 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)

Graphics

Processor graphics None

Security & Reliability

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