Comparison of AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3995WX and Intel Core i9-10980XE

Attribute	AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3995WX ×	Intel Core i9-10980XE ×
General Information
Brand	AMD	Intel
Series	AMD Ryzen	Intel Core i9
Model	AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3995WX	Intel Core i9-10980XE
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
CPU Cores	64	18
Frequency (GHz)	2.7	3
CPU Threads	128	36
Core architecture	normal	normal
Hyperthreading	+	+
Overclocking	+	+
Turbo (1 Core) (GHz)	4.2	4.8
Turbo (18 Cores) (GHz)	-	4.3
Turbo (64 Cores) (GHz)	3	-
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	256
PCIe lanes	72	48
PCIe version	4.0	3.0
ECC	+	-
Memory channels	8	4
Technical details
Release date (year)	2021	2019
Technology (Nm)	7	14
Socket	WRX8 (sWRX8)	LGA 2066
Virtualization	amd pro amd-v	vt-d vt-x vt-x ept
L3-Cache (MB)	256	24
Architecture	Castle Peak (Zen 2)	Cascade Lake
Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
Thermal Management
Temp junction max (°C)	95	86
TDP (PL1) (W)	280	165
Benchmarks
Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark	88,725	34,165
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)	1,266	1,174
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)	36,215	15,841
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)	-	211
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)	-	3,800
Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)	477	480
Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)	24,463	8,848
Blender 2.81 (bmw27)	-	74.9
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)	1,231	1,191
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)	73,220	24,309