Intel Xeon w7-3465X vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Xeon W-3400 AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3000
• Family
  Intel Xeon W Ryzen Threadripper
• Generation
  12 3
• Predecessor
  Intel Xeon W-3365 -
• 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
  2.5 GHz 3.7 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• Core Configuration
  28x -
• CPU Cores
  28 32
• CPU Threads
  56 64
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.8 GHz 4.5 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (28 Cores)
  3.2 GHz -
• Max. Boost Clock
  - 4.5 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (32 Cores)
  - 3.8 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 3970X and Intel Xeon w7-3465X. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes Yes
• Max. Memory
  4096 GB 2048 GB
• Memory Bandwidth
  307.2 GB/s -
• Memory channels
  8 (Octa Channel) 4
• Memory type
  DDR5-4800 DDR4
• PCIe
  5.0 x 112 PCIe 4.0
• PCIe lanes
  - 72
• PCIe version
  - 4.0
• System Memory Specification
  - 3200

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Xeon w7-3465X and AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 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
  97 °C 95 °C
• TDP (PL1 / PBP, legacy combined label)
  300 W -
• TDP up
  360 W -
• Default TDP
  - 280 W
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  - 280 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Xeon w7-3465X and AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Sapphire Rapids-WS Castle Peak (Zen 2)
• Chip design
  Monolithic -
• Documents
  Technical data sheet -
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512, AMX SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• L2-Cache
  - 16 MB
• L3-Cache
  75 MB 128 MB
• Operating systems
  Windows 11, Windows Server, Linux Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit / Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition
• Release date
  Q1/2023 2019-11-25
• Release price
  2889 $ -
• Socket
  LGA 4677 sTRX4
• Technology
  10 nm TSMC 7nm FinFET
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d, VT-rp, vPro Enterprise AMD-V, SVM
• Codename
  - Castle Peak
• L1-Cache
  - 2 MB
• Manufacturer product ID (boxed)
  - 100-100000011WOF
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  - 100-000000011
• Thermal Solution (PIB)
  - Not Included