CPU Comparison
AMD
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX
CORE STATE
Castle Peak
CORE SPECS
16 Cores / 32 Threads
CLOCK SPEED
3.9 Base / 4.3 GHz Turbo
CACHE
64 MB
MAX TDP
280W
ARCHITECTURE
Zen 2
PROCESS
7 nm
LAUNCH DATE
2020
VS
INTEL
Xeon Phi 7290
CORE STATE
Knights Landing
CORE SPECS
72 Cores / 288 Threads
CLOCK SPEED
1500 Base / 1700 GHz Turbo
CACHE
—
MAX TDP
245W
ARCHITECTURE
Knights Landing
PROCESS
14 nm
LAUNCH DATE
2016
PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS
cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore
cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore
cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore
cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore
cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore
cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore
geekbench_multicore
geekbench_singlecore
passmark_data_compression
passmark_data_encryption
passmark_extended_instructions
passmark_find_prime_numbers
passmark_floating_point_math
passmark_integer_math
passmark_multithread
passmark_physics
passmark_random_string_sorting
passmark_single_thread
passmark_singlethread
DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS
SPECIFICATION
Threadripper PRO 3955WX
Phi 7290
Core Specs
Cores
16
72
+350.0%
Threads
32
288
+800.0%
Base Clock (GHz)
3.9
1,500
+38361.5%
Boost Clock (GHz)
4.3
1,700
+39434.9%
Frequency (GHz)
3.9
1,500
+38361.5%
Turbo Clock (GHz)
4.3
1,700
+39434.9%
Multiplier
39
15
-61.5%
SMP CPUs
1
1
0.0%
Cache
L1 Cache
64 KB (per core)
32 KB (per core)
L2 Cache
512 KB (per core)
512 KB (per core)
L3 Cache
64 MB
—
Power
TDP (W)
280
245
-12.5%
Architecture
Architecture
Zen 2
Knights Landing
Codename
Castle Peak
Knights Landing
Generation
Ryzen Threadripper
(Zen 2 (Castle Peak))
Xeon Phi
(Knights Landing)
Process Size
7 nm
14 nm
Transistors
7,600 million
8,000 million
Die Size
2x 74 mm²
—
Foundry
TSMC
Intel
Memory
Memory Support
DDR4
DDR4
Memory Bus
Eight-channel
—
Memory Bandwidth
204.8 GB/s
—
ECC Memory
Yes
Yes
Platform
Socket
AMD Socket WRX8
Intel Socket 3647
PCIe
Gen 4, 128 Lanes(CPU only)
—
AMD Multi-Die
IO Process Size
14 nm
—
Other
Market
Desktop
Server/Workstation
Production Status
Active
—
Launch Price
$1149
—
Part Number
100-000000167
SR2WY
Package
sWRX8
FC-LGA3647