Comparison of AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X and Intel Xeon W-3275M

Attribute	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X ×	Intel Xeon W-3275M ×
General Information
Brand	AMD	Intel
Series	AMD Ryzen	Intel Xeon W
Model	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X	Intel Xeon W-3275M
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
CPU Cores	64	28
Frequency (GHz)	2.9	2.5
CPU Threads	128	56
Core architecture	normal	normal
Hyperthreading	+	+
Overclocking	+	-
Turbo (1 Core) (GHz)	4.3	4.6
Turbo (28 Cores) (GHz)	-	3.4
Turbo (64 Cores) (GHz)	3.2	-
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	-	DDR4-2933
Max. Memory (GB)	2,048	2,048
PCIe lanes	72	64
PCIe version	4.0	3.0
ECC	+	+
Memory channels	4	6
Technical details
Release date (year)	2020	2019
Technology (Nm)	7	14
Socket	TRX4 (sTRX4)	LGA 3647
Virtualization	amd-v vt-vi	vpro vt-d vt-x vt-x ept
L3-Cache (MB)	256	38
Architecture	Castle Peak (Zen 2)	Cascade Lake SP
Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
Thermal Management
Temp junction max (°C)	95	-
TDP (PL1) (W)	280	205
Benchmarks
Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark	80,798	36,622
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)	1,219	1,096
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)	34,670	17,196
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)	200	-
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)	10,542	-
Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)	495	437
Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)	24,763	11,020
Blender 2.81 (bmw27)	28.9	-
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)	1,254	1,107
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)	74,422	28,051