AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX vs Intel Core i7-13700. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3000 Intel Core i 13000
• Family
  Ryzen Threadripper PRO Intel Core i7
• Form Factor
  Desktops / Boxed Processor -
• Generation
  3 13
• Predecessor
  - Intel Core i7-12700
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Series
  Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3000 WX-Series -

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

• A-Core
  - 8x Raptor Cove
• B-Core
  - 8x Gracemont
• Base Frequency
  3.9 GHz -
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  16 16
• CPU Threads
  32 24
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Max. Boost Clock
  4.3 GHz -
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.3 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (16 Cores)
  4 GHz -
• A-Core Frequency
  - 2.10 GHz (5.20 GHz)
• B-Core Frequency
  - 2.10 GHz (4.10 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 Intel UHD Graphics 770
• DirectX Version
  - 12
• Execution units
  - 32
• Generation
  - 11
• GPU Frequency
  - 300 MHz
• GPU Turbo
  - 1600 MHz
• Max. displays
  - 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 64 GB
• Release date
  - Q4/2021
• Shader
  - 256
• Technology
  - 10 nm

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i7-13700 and AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes Yes
• Max. Memory
  2048 GB 128 GB
• Memory channels
  8 2 (Dual Channel)
• Memory type
  DDR4 DDR5-5600
• PCIe
  PCIe 4.0 5.0 x 20
• PCIe lanes
  72 -
• PCIe version
  4.0 -
• System Memory Specification
  3200 -
• Memory Bandwidth
  - 89.6 GB/s

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX and Intel Core i7-13700 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
  90 °C 100 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  280 W 65 W
• TDP (PL2)
  - 202 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX and Intel Core i7-13700, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Castle Peak (Zen 2) Raptor Lake 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, AVX2, AVX2+
• L1-Cache
  1 MB -
• L2-Cache
  8 MB 24 MB
• L3-Cache
  64 MB 30 MB
• Manufacturer product ID (boxed)
  100-100000167WOF -
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  100-000000167 -
• Operating systems
  Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
• Release date
  2020-07-14 Q1/2023
• Socket
  sWRX8 LGA 1700
• Technology
  TSMC 7nm FinFET 10 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• Chip design
  - Monolithic