AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2400G. 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 1
• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2000 AMD Ryzen 2000G

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
  3.00 GHz 3.60 GHz
• CPU Cores
  24 4
• Turbo (1 Core)
  4.20 GHz 3.90 GHz
• CPU Threads
  48 8
• 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 AMD Radeon Vega 11 Graphics
• GPU frequency
  1.25 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  11
• Shader
  704
• Max. GPU Memory
  -- 2 GB
• Max. displays
  3
• Generation
  8
• DirectX Version
  12
• Technology
  14 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2018

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2400G and AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-2933 DDR4-2933
• Max. Memory
  64 GB
• ECC
  Yes Yes
• Memory channels
  4 2
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0
• PCIe lanes
  64 12

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX and AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2400G to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  250 W 65 W
• TDP down
  -- 46 W
• Tjunction max.
  -- 95 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX and AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX, 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
  64.00 MB 4.00 MB
• Architecture
  Colfax (Zen+) Raven Ridge (Zen)
• Technology
  12 nm 14 nm
• Socket
  TR4 (SP3r2) AM4
• Release date
  Q3/2018 Q1/2018