AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X vs Intel Xeon E-2378G. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Family
  AMD Ryzen Intel Xeon E
• Generation
  3 9
• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3000 Intel Xeon E-2300
• Predecessor
  -- Intel Xeon E-2278G

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
  3.80 GHz 2.80 GHz
• CPU Cores
  24 8
• Turbo (1 Core)
  4.50 GHz 5.10 GHz
• CPU Threads
  48 16
• Hyperthreading
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• 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 Intel UHD Graphics P750
• GPU frequency
  0.35 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 1.30 GHz
• Execution units
  32
• Shader
  256
• Max. displays
  3
• Generation
  12
• DirectX Version
  12
• Technology
  14 nm
• Release date
  Q2/2021

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 Xeon E-2378G and AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-3200 DDR4-3200
• Max. Memory
  2048 GB 128 GB
• ECC
  Yes No
• Memory channels
  4 2
• PCIe version
  4.0 4.0
• PCIe lanes
  72 20

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X and Intel Xeon E-2378G to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  280 W 80 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, AVX-512
• L2-Cache
  -- 4.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  128.00 MB 16.00 MB
• Architecture
  Castle Peak (Zen 2) Rocket Lake S
• Technology
  7 nm 14 nm
• Socket
  TRX4 (sTRX4) LGA 1200
• Release date
  Q4/2019 Q3/2021