Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4 vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Xeon E5 v4 AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3000
• Family
  Intel Xeon E5 Ryzen Threadripper
• Generation
  6 3
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Form Factor
  - Desktops / Boxed Processor
• 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
  2.2 GHz 3.8 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  22 24
• CPU Threads
  44 48
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.6 GHz 4.5 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (22 Cores)
  2.8 GHz -
• Max. Boost Clock
  - 4.5 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (24 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
  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 3960X and Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes Yes
• Max. Memory
  - 2048 GB
• Memory channels
  4 4
• Memory type
  DDR4-2400 DDR4
• PCIe lanes
  40 72
• PCIe version
  3.0 4.0
• PCIe
  - PCIe 4.0
• System Memory Specification
  - 3200

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4 and AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X 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
  - 95 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  145 W 280 W
• Default TDP
  - 280 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4 and AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Broadwell E Castle Peak (Zen 2)
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• L2-Cache
  - 12 MB
• L3-Cache
  55 MB 128 MB
• Release date
  Q1/2016 2019-11-25
• Socket
  LGA 2011-3 sTRX4
• Technology
  14 nm TSMC 7nm FinFET
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V, SVM
• Codename
  - Castle Peak
• L1-Cache
  - 1.5 MB
• Manufacturer product ID (boxed)
  - 100-100000010WOF
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  - 100-000000010
• Operating systems
  - Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit / Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition
• Thermal Solution (PIB)
  - Not Included