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General information Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX Core i5-6600K
Launched Q3 2018 Q3 2015
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD Intel
Socket sTR4 FCLGA1151
Series Name AMD Threadripper Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Colfax Skylake-S
Clock 3 GHz 14.3 % 3.5 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.2 GHz 0 % 3.9 GHz 7.1 %
Cores 32 0 % 4 87.5 %
Threads 64 0 % 4 93.8 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 W 0 % 91 W 63.6 %
Lithography 12 nm 14.3 % 14 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 32 × 32 kB Data
32 × 64 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 32 × 512 kB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 8 × 8 MB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported Yes No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX Core i5-6600K
Overall Score 67700 0 % 44965 33.6 %
Future Proof 66 % 0 % 49 % 25.8 %
Benchmark Score 21007 0 % 4088 80.5 %
Single Thread Score 2312.4 0 % 2308.4 0.2 %
Encrypting Data 39224.9 MB/s 0 % 1852.1 MB/s 95.3 %
Compressing Data 846.2 MB/s 0 % 85.2 MB/s 89.9 %
String objects sorting 66398.6 thousand/s 0 % 10579.1 thousand/s 84.1 %
Prime numbers generation 42.7 millions/s 0 % 30.8 millions/s 27.8 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 221585 millions/s 0 % 16288.1 millions/s 92.6 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 111629 millions/s 0 % 14130.3 millions/s 87.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX, Core i5-6600K.

Average frames per second Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX Core i5-6600K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 155.5 FPS 88.2 FPS
High settings 248.9 FPS 141.1 FPS
Medium settings 311.1 FPS 176.4 FPS
Low settings 388.8 FPS 220.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 43.3 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX Core i5-6600K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 169.6 FPS 129.8 FPS
High settings 271.3 FPS 207.6 FPS
Medium settings 339.2 FPS 259.5 FPS
Low settings 423.9 FPS 324.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 23.5 %
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