AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X vs Intel Core i9-13900HK. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile
• Family
  AMD Ryzen Intel Core i9
• Generation
  3 13
• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3000 Intel Core i 13000H
• Predecessor
  -- Intel Core i9-12900HK

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.

• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)

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 Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake)
• GPU frequency
  0.40 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 1.50 GHz
• Execution units
  96
• Shader
  768
• Max. GPU Memory
  -- 32 GB
• Max. displays
  4
• Generation
  13
• Technology
  10 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2022

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
• AV1
  No Decode
• AVC
  No Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  No Decode
• JPEG
  No Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i9-13900HK and AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-3200 DDR4-3200DDR5-5200LPDDR4X-4266LPDDR5-6400
• Max. Memory
  2048 GB 64 GB
• ECC
  Yes No
• Memory channels
  4 2 (Dual Channel)

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X and Intel Core i9-13900HK to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL2)
  -- 115 W
• TDP down
  -- 35 W
• Tjunction max.
  95 °C 100 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X and AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
• L3-Cache
  128.00 MB 24.00 MB
• Architecture
  Castle Peak (Zen 2) Raptor Lake H
• Technology
  7 nm 10 nm
• Socket
  TRX4 (sTRX4) BGA 1744
• Release date
  Q4/2019 Q1/2023