Intel Xeon D-2738 vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Xeon D-2700 AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2000
• Family
  Intel Xeon D Ryzen Threadripper
• Generation
  4 2
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Form Factor
  - Desktops / Boxed Processor
• 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
  2.5 GHz 3 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• Core Configuration
  8x Sunny Cove -
• CPU Cores
  8 24
• CPU Threads
  16 48
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.5 GHz 4.2 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  3.3 GHz -
• Max. Boost Clock
  - 4.2 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (24 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
  no iGPU None
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo -

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 2970WX and Intel Xeon D-2738. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes Yes
• Max. Memory
  1024 GB -
• Memory Bandwidth
  93.8 GB/s -
• Memory channels
  4 4
• Memory type
  DDR4-2933 DDR4
• PCIe
  4.0 x 32 PCIe 3.0
• PCIe lanes
  - 64
• PCIe version
  - 3.0
• System Memory Specification
  - 2933

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Xeon D-2738 and AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  - 68 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  88 W 250 W
• Default TDP
  - 250 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Xeon D-2738 and AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Ice Lake Colfax (Zen+)
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• L2-Cache
  15 MB 12 MB
• L3-Cache
  - 64 MB
• Operating systems
  Windows 10, Linux Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
• Release date
  Q1/2022 10/2018
• Socket
  BGA 2579 sTR4
• Technology
  10 nm 12nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V, SVM
• Codename
  - Colfax
• L1-Cache
  - 2.25 MB
• Manufacturer product ID (boxed)
  - YD297XAZAFWOF
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  - YD297XAZUHCAF
• Thermal Solution (PIB)
  - Not Included