Comparison of AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X and Intel Core i9-11900KF

Attribute	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X ×	Intel Core i9-11900KF ×
General Information
Brand	AMD	Intel
Series	AMD Ryzen	Intel Core i9
Model	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X	Intel Core i9-11900KF
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
CPU Cores	24	8
Frequency (GHz)	3.8	3.5
CPU Threads	48	16
Core architecture	normal	normal
Hyperthreading	+	+
Overclocking	+	+
Turbo (1 Core) (GHz)	4.5	5.3
Turbo (8 Cores) (GHz)	-	4.8
Turbo (24 Cores) (GHz)	4	-
Encryption
AES-NI	+	+
Hardware codec support
JPEG	No	No
h264	No	No
h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No	No
h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No	No
VP8	No	No
AV1	No	No
VC-1	No	No
VP9	No	No
AVC	No	No
Memory And PCIe
Memory type	DDR4-3200	DDR4-3200
Max. Memory (GB)	2,048	128
PCIe lanes	72	20
PCIe version	4.0	4.0
ECC	+	-
Memory channels	4	2
Technical details
Release date (year)	2019	2021
Technology (Nm)	7	14
Socket	TRX4 (sTRX4)	LGA 1200
Virtualization	amd-v vt-vi	vt-d vt-x vt-x ept
L3-Cache (MB)	128	16
L2-Cache (MB)	-	4
Architecture	Castle Peak (Zen 2)	Rocket Lake
Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
Thermal Management
Temp junction max (°C)	95	100
TDP (PL2) (W)	-	251
TDP down (W)	-	95
TDP (PL1) (W)	280	125
Benchmarks
Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark	55,032	28,465
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)	1,274	1,910
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)	19,851	11,350
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)	209	262
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)	5,933	2,575
Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)	509	645
Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)	13,552	6,214
Blender 2.81 (bmw27)	59.2	-
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)	1,270	1,671
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)	34,255	16,211