AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 5955WX vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5000 AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2000
• Family
  Ryzen Threadripper PRO Ryzen Threadripper
• Form Factor
  Desktops Desktops / Boxed Processor
• Generation
  4 2
• Predecessor
  AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX -
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Series
  Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5000 WX-Series Ryzen Threadripper 2000 Series

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

• Base Frequency
  4 GHz 3 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  16 32
• CPU Threads
  32 64
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Max. Boost Clock
  4.5 GHz 4.2 GHz
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.55 GHz 4.2 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (16 Cores)
  4.2 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (32 Cores)
  - 3 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 None

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 AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX and AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 5955WX. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes Yes
• Max. Memory
  2048 GB -
• Memory channels
  8 4
• Memory type
  DDR4 DDR4
• PCIe
  PCIe 4.0 PCIe 3.0
• System Memory Specification
  3200 2933
• PCIe lanes
  - 64
• PCIe version
  - 3.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 5955WX and AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 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
  280 W 250 W
• Maximum Operating Temperature
  95 °C 68 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  280 W 250 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 5955WX and AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Chagall (Zen 3) Colfax (Zen+)
• Codename
  Chagall PRO Colfax
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• L1-Cache
  1 MB 3 MB
• L2-Cache
  8 MB 16 MB
• L3-Cache
  64 MB 64 MB
• Manufacturer product ID (boxed)
  100-100000447WOF YD299XAZAFWOF
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  100-000000447 YD299XAZUIHAF
• Operating systems
  Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition / Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
• Release date
  2022-03-08 2018-08-13
• Socket
  sWRX8 sTR4
• Technology
  TSMC 7nm FinFET 12nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM AMD-V, SVM
• Thermal Solution (PIB)
  - Not Included