AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Family
  AMD Ryzen AMD Ryzen
• Generation
  2 2
• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2000 AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2000

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  3.50 GHz 3.00 GHz
• CPU Cores
  16 24
• Turbo (1 Core)
  4.40 GHz 4.20 GHz
• CPU Threads
  32 48
• Hyperthreading
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• Core architecture
  normal normal

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
  no iGPU no iGPU
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• h264
  No No
• VP9
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  No No
• VC-1
  No No
• JPEG
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX and AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-2933 DDR4-2933
• ECC
  Yes Yes
• Memory channels
  4 4
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0
• PCIe lanes
  64 64

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X and AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  180 W 250 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X and AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM AMD-V, SVM
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• L3-Cache
  32.00 MB 64.00 MB
• Architecture
  Colfax (Zen+) Colfax (Zen+)
• Technology
  12 nm 12 nm
• Socket
  TR4 (SP3r2) TR4 (SP3r2)
• Release date
  Q3/2018 Q3/2018