CPU Comparison

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AMD

AMD

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 9970X

CORE STATE Shimada Peak

CORE SPECS 32 Cores / 64 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 4 Base / 5.4 GHz Turbo

CACHE 128 MB

MAX TDP 350W

ARCHITECTURE Zen 5

nm

PROCESS 4 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2025

VS

i

Intel

INTEL

Xeon 638

CORE STATE Granite Rapids

CORE SPECS 16 Cores / 32 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3.2 Base / 4.8 GHz Turbo

CACHE 72 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 180W

ARCHITECTURE Granite Rapids

nm

PROCESS 5 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2026

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

passmark_data_compression

1,757,998

725,818

passmark_data_encryption

86,765

36,030

passmark_extended_instructions

142,342

56,498

passmark_find_prime_numbers

615

381

passmark_floating_point_math

309,719

144,757

passmark_integer_math

465,378

184,884

passmark_multithread

107,399

55,651

passmark_physics

6,835

4,704

passmark_random_string_sorting

191,445

74,318

passmark_single_thread

4,530

3,670

passmark_singlethread

4,530

3,670

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

N/A

4,768

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

N/A

672

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

N/A

19,867

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

N/A

2,804

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

N/A

47,303

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

N/A

6,678

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

Threadripper 9970X

638

Core Specs

Cores

32

16 -50.0%

Threads

64

32 -50.0%

Base Clock (GHz)

4

3.2 -20.0%

Boost Clock (GHz)

5.4

4.8 -11.1%

Frequency (GHz)

4

3.2 -20.0%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

5.4

4.8 -11.1%

Multiplier

40

32 -20.0%

SMP CPUs

1

1 0.0%

Cache

L1 Cache

64 KB (per core)

112 KB (per core)

L2 Cache

1 MB (per core)

2 MB (per core)

L3 Cache

128 MB

72 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

350

180 -48.6%

Architecture

Architecture

Zen 5

Granite Rapids

Codename

Shimada Peak

Granite Rapids

Generation

Ryzen Threadripper (Zen 5 (Shimada Peak))

Xeon 600 (Granite Rapids-WS)

Process Size

4 nm

5 nm

Transistors

33,260 million

—

Die Size

4x 70.6 mm²

598 mm²

Foundry

TSMC

Intel

Memory

Memory Support

DDR5

DDR5

Memory Bus

Quad-channel

Quad-channel

Memory Bandwidth

204.8 GB/s

204.8 GB/s

ECC Memory

Yes

Yes

Platform

Socket

AMD Socket sTR5

Intel Socket 4710

Chipsets

—

W890

PCIe

Gen 5, 80 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 5, 80 Lanes(CPU only)

AMD Multi-Die

IO Process Size

6 nm

10 nm

Interconnect

CXL

—

Gen 2.0 (Shared with PCI-E)

Other

Market

Desktop

Server/Workstation

Production Status

Active

Active

Launch Price

$2499

$899

Part Number

100-000001594

SA2DN

Package

FC-LGA4844

FC-LGA18N

Tj Max

95°C

100°C

Bundled Cooler

None

None

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