Comparison of AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X and Intel Xeon W-3175X

Attribute	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X ×	Intel Xeon W-3175X ×
General Information
Brand	AMD	Intel
Series	AMD Ryzen	Intel Xeon W
Model	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X	Intel Xeon W-3175X
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
CPU Cores	64	28
Frequency (GHz)	2.9	3.1
CPU Threads	128	56
Core architecture	normal	normal
Hyperthreading	+	+
Overclocking	+	+
Turbo (1 Core) (GHz)	4.3	3.8
Turbo (28 Cores) (GHz)	-	3.8
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	-	DDR4-2666
Max. Memory (GB)	2,048	512
PCIe lanes	72	48
PCIe version	4.0	3.0
ECC	+	+
Memory channels	4	6
Technical details
Release date (year)	2020	2018
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)	Skylake SP
Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
Thermal Management
Temp junction max (°C)	95	85
TDP (PL1) (W)	280	255
Benchmarks
Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark	80,798	34,215
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)	1,219	1,153
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)	34,670	23,465
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)	200	188
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)	10,542	5,514
Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)	495	417
Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)	24,763	12,975
Blender 2.81 (bmw27)	28.9	-
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)	1,254	1,112
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)	74,422	31,350