Comparison of AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX and Intel Core i9-9980XE

Attribute	AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX ×	Intel Core i9-9980XE ×
General Information
Brand	AMD	Intel
Series	AMD Ryzen	Intel Core i9
Model	AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX	Intel Core i9-9980XE
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
CPU Cores	16	18
Frequency (GHz)	3.9	3
CPU Threads	32	36
Core architecture	normal	normal
Hyperthreading	+	+
Overclocking	+	+
Turbo (1 Core) (GHz)	4.3	4.5
Turbo (16 Cores) (GHz)	4	-
Turbo (18 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	DDR4-2666
Max. Memory (GB)	2,048	128
PCIe lanes	72	48
PCIe version	4.0	3.0
ECC	+	-
Memory channels	8	4
Technical details
Release date (year)	2021	2018
Technology (Nm)	7	14
Socket	WRX8 (sWRX8)	LGA 2066
Virtualization	amd pro amd-v	vt-d vt-x vt-x ept
L3-Cache (MB)	64	25
Architecture	Castle Peak (Zen 2)	Skylake
Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
Thermal Management
Temp junction max (°C)	95	84
TDP (PL1) (W)	280	165
Benchmarks
Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark	40,833	29,560
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)	1,307	1,141
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)	15,679	15,725
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)	-	201
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)	-	3,240
Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)	-	459
Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)	-	7,516