AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X vs Intel Pentium G2020. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3000 Intel Pentium G2000
• Family
  Ryzen Threadripper Intel Pentium
• Form Factor
  Desktops / Boxed Processor -
• Generation
  3 3
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Series
  Ryzen Threadripper 3000 Series -

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

• Base Frequency
  2.9 GHz 2.9 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  64 2
• CPU Threads
  128 2
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Max. Boost Clock
  4.3 GHz -
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.3 GHz No turbo
• Turbo Frequency (64 Cores)
  3.2 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  - No turbo

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 Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge GT1)
• DirectX Version
  - 11.0
• Execution units
  - 6
• Generation
  - 7
• GPU Frequency
  - 650 MHz
• GPU Turbo
  - 1050 MHz
• Max. displays
  - 3
• Release date
  - Q4/2012
• Shader
  - 48
• Technology
  - 22 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  No Decode
• VC-1
  No Decode
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Pentium G2020 and AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes Yes
• Max. Memory
  2048 GB -
• Memory channels
  4 2
• Memory type
  DDR4 DDR3-1333
• PCIe
  PCIe 4.0 -
• PCIe lanes
  72 16
• PCIe version
  4.0 2.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X and Intel Pentium G2020 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 -
• Maximum Operating Temperature
  95 °C -
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  280 W 55 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X and Intel Pentium G2020, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Castle Peak (Zen 2) Ivy Bridge S
• Codename
  Castle Peak -
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4.1, SSE4.2
• L1-Cache
  4 MB -
• L2-Cache
  32 MB -
• L3-Cache
  256 MB 3 MB
• Manufacturer product ID (boxed)
  100-100000163WOF -
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  100-000000163 -
• Operating systems
  Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition / Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit -
• Release date
  2020-02-07 Q2/2013
• Socket
  sTRX4 LGA 1155
• Technology
  TSMC 7nm FinFET 22 nm
• Thermal Solution (PIB)
  Cooler Not Included, Liquid Cooling Recommended -
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d