AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X vs Intel Xeon Gold 5317. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1000 Intel Xeon Gold 5300/6300
• Family
  Ryzen Threadripper Intel Xeon Gold
• Form Factor
  Desktops / Boxed Processor -
• Generation
  1 3
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Series
  Ryzen Threadripper 1000 Series -

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  3.4 GHz 3 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  16 12
• CPU Threads
  32 24
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Max. Boost Clock
  4 GHz -
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4 GHz 3.6 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (16 Cores)
  3.5 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (12 Cores)
  - 3.4 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  None no iGPU
• GPU Turbo
  - No turbo

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  No No
• VC-1
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Xeon Gold 5317 and AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes Yes
• Max. Memory
  - 6144 GB
• Memory channels
  4 8
• Memory type
  DDR4 DDR4-2933
• PCIe
  PCIe 3.0 -
• PCIe lanes
  64 64
• PCIe version
  3.0 4.0
• System Memory Specification
  2667 -

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X and Intel Xeon Gold 5317 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Default TDP
  180 W -
• Maximum Operating Temperature
  68 °C -
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  180 W 150 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X and Intel Xeon Gold 5317, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Whitehaven (Zen) Ice Lake
• Codename
  Threadripper -
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
• L1-Cache
  1.5 MB -
• L2-Cache
  8 MB -
• L3-Cache
  32 MB 18 MB
• Manufacturer product ID (boxed)
  YD195XA8AEWOF -
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  YD195XA8UGAAE -
• Operating systems
  Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit -
• Release date
  2017-07-31 Q2/2021
• Socket
  sTR4 LGA 4189
• Technology
  14nm 10 nm
• Thermal Solution (PIB)
  Not Included -
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d