Intel Atom C5125 vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Atom C5000 AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2000
• Family
  Intel Atom Ryzen Threadripper
• Generation
  6 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
  2.8 GHz 3 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• Core Configuration
  8x -
• CPU Cores
  8 24
• CPU Threads
  8 48
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  - 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 Atom C5125. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes Yes
• Max. Memory
  256 GB -
• Memory channels
  2 4
• Memory type
  DDR4-2933 DDR4
• PCIe
  3.0 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 Atom C5125 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
  100 °C 68 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  50 W 250 W
• Default TDP
  - 250 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Atom C5125 and AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Parker Ridge Colfax (Zen+)
• Documents
  Technical data sheet -
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, Intel QAT SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• L2-Cache
  9 MB 12 MB
• L3-Cache
  - 64 MB
• Release date
  Q2/2022 10/2018
• Socket
  BGA 2106 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
• Operating systems
  - Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
• Thermal Solution (PIB)
  - Not Included