Intel Core i9-9980XE vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 9000X AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1000
• Family
  Intel Core i9 Ryzen Threadripper
• Generation
  9 1
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Form Factor
  - Desktops / Boxed Processor
• Series
  - Ryzen Threadripper 1000 Series

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

• Base Frequency
  3 GHz 3.8 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  18 8
• CPU Threads
  36 16
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.5 GHz 4 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (18 Cores)
  4 GHz -
• Max. Boost Clock
  - 4 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  - 4 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 None
• Graphics verification source
  https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000027144/processors/intel-core-processors.html https://www.amd.com/en/products/specifications/processors.html

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 1900X and Intel Core i9-9980XE. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No Yes
• Max. Memory
  128 GB -
• Memory channels
  4 4
• Memory type
  DDR4-2666 DDR4
• PCIe lanes
  48 64
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0
• PCIe
  - PCIe 3.0
• System Memory Specification
  - 2667

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i9-9980XE and AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X 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
  84 °C 68 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  165 W 180 W
• Default TDP
  - 180 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i9-9980XE and AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Skylake X Refresh Whitehaven (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
  - 4 MB
• L3-Cache
  25 MB 16 MB
• Release date
  Q4/2018 2017-08-31
• Socket
  LGA 2066 sTR4
• Technology
  14 nm 14nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V, SVM
• Codename
  - Summit Ridge
• L1-Cache
  - 0.75 MB
• Manufacturer product ID (boxed)
  - YD190XA8AEWOF
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  - YD190XA8U8QAE
• Official source
  - https://www.amd.com/en/products/specifications/processors.html
• 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.
• Verified on
  - 2026-10-01