Comparison of AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX and Intel Xeon W-3235

Attribute	AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX ×	Intel Xeon W-3235 ×
General Information
Brand	AMD	Intel
Series	AMD Ryzen	Intel Xeon W
Model	AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX	Intel Xeon W-3235
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
CPU Cores	16	12
Frequency (GHz)	3.9	3.3
CPU Threads	32	24
Core architecture	normal	normal
Hyperthreading	+	+
Overclocking	+	-
Turbo (1 Core) (GHz)	4.3	4.5
Turbo (12 Cores) (GHz)	-	4
Turbo (16 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	DDR4-2933
Max. Memory (GB)	2,048	1,024
PCIe lanes	72	64
PCIe version	4.0	3.0
ECC	+	+
Memory channels	8	6
Technical details
Release date (year)	2021	2019
Technology (Nm)	7	14
Socket	WRX8 (sWRX8)	LGA 3647
Virtualization	amd pro amd-v	vpro vt-d vt-x vt-x ept
L3-Cache (MB)	64	19
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	180
Benchmarks
Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark	40,833	25,745
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)	1,307	1,096
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)	15,679	11,996
Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)	-	424
Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)	-	5,742