Intel Xeon Gold 6256 vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Xeon Gold 5200/6200 AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2000
• Family
  Intel Xeon Gold Ryzen Threadripper
• Generation
  2 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
  3.6 GHz 3 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  12 24
• CPU Threads
  24 48
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.5 GHz 4.2 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (12 Cores)
  4.2 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 Gold 6256. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes Yes
• Max. Memory
  1024 GB -
• Memory channels
  6 4
• Memory type
  DDR4-2933 DDR4
• PCIe lanes
  48 64
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0
• PCIe
  - PCIe 3.0
• System Memory Specification
  - 2933

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Xeon Gold 6256 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
  76 °C 68 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  205 W 250 W
• Default TDP
  - 250 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Xeon Gold 6256 and AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Cascade 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
  - 12 MB
• L3-Cache
  33 MB 64 MB
• Release date
  Q1/2020 10/2018
• Socket
  LGA 3647 sTR4
• Technology
  14 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
• Operating systems
  - Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
• Thermal Solution (PIB)
  - Not Included
• Verification scope
  - Explicit manufacturer fields refreshed; other original historical fields retained, not all reverified. Partial composite conflicts are preserved.