Intel Xeon Gold 6444Y vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 6444Y and AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 6444Y

  • CPU is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
  • Around 4% lower typical power consumption: 270 Watt vs 280 Watt
  • Around 8% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 71870 vs 66686
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 10 Jan 2023 vs 8 Mar 2022
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 vs 1
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 270 Watt vs 280 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 71870 vs 66686

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX

  • 8 more cores, run more applications at once: 24 vs 16
  • 16 more threads: 48 vs 32
  • Around 13% higher clock speed: 4.5 GHz vs 4 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 10 nm
  • Around 20% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 393216x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 2982616.2x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3359 vs 3267
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 24 vs 16
Number of threads 48 vs 32
Maximum frequency 4.5 GHz vs 4 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 10 nm
L1 cache 1.5 MB vs 80K (per core)
L2 cache 12 MB vs 2MB (per core)
L3 cache 128 MB vs 45MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 3359 vs 3267

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 6444Y
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3267
3359
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
71870
66686
Name Intel Xeon Gold 6444Y AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX
PassMark - Single thread mark 3267 3359
PassMark - CPU mark 71870 66686

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Gold 6444Y AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX

Essentials

Launch date 10 Jan 2023 8 Mar 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $1517 $2399
Place in performance rating 89 97
Architecture codename Zen 3
OPN Tray 100-000000446

Performance

Base frequency 3.6 GHz 3.8 GHz
L1 cache 80K (per core) 1.5 MB
L2 cache 2MB (per core) 12 MB
L3 cache 45MB 128 MB
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm 7 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 75°C 95 °C
Maximum frequency 4 GHz 4.5 GHz
Number of cores 16 24
Number of threads 32 48
Unlocked
Die size 81 mm²
Transistor count 16600 million

Memory

ECC memory support
Supported memory types DDR5-4800 MHz, Eight-channel DDR4-3200
Max memory channels 8

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 1
Sockets supported 4677 WRX8
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 270 Watt 280 Watt

Peripherals

PCIe configurations Gen 5, 80 Lanes, (CPU only)
Max number of PCIe lanes 128
PCI Express revision 4.0

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

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)