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General information Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX Core i5-8400
Launched Q4 2018 Q4 2017
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD Intel
Socket sTR4 FCLGA1151-2
Series Name AMD Threadripper Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Colfax Coffee Lake
Clock 3 GHz 0 % 2.8 GHz 6.7 %
Turbo Clock 4.2 GHz 0 % 4 GHz 4.8 %
Cores 24 0 % 6 75 %
Threads 48 0 % 6 87.5 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 W 0 % 65 W 74 %
Maximum supported RAM 1024 GB 0 % 128 GB 87.5 %
Lithography 12 nm 14.3 % 14 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 24 × 64 kB Instruction
24 × 32 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 24 × 512 kB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 8 × 8 MB
1 × 9 MB
ECC Supported Yes No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX Core i5-8400
Overall Score 66335 0 % 49425 25.5 %
Future Proof 68 % 0 % 62 % 8.8 %
Benchmark Score 19363 0 % 5967 69.2 %
Single Thread Score 2334.3 1.4 % 2366.3 0 %
Encrypting Data 39421.9 MB/s 0 % 2776.9 MB/s 93 %
Compressing Data 680.1 MB/s 0 % 128.8 MB/s 81.1 %
String objects sorting 62050.2 thousand/s 0 % 16142.8 thousand/s 74 %
Prime numbers generation 43.1 millions/s 0 % 37 millions/s 14.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 172629 millions/s 0 % 25916.2 millions/s 85 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 89389.5 millions/s 0 % 21806.7 millions/s 75.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX, Core i5-8400.

Average frames per second Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX Core i5-8400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 151.7 FPS 101.5 FPS
High settings 242.8 FPS 162.3 FPS
Medium settings 303.5 FPS 202.9 FPS
Low settings 379.3 FPS 253.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 33.1 %

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 2970WX Core i5-8400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 167.4 FPS 137.6 FPS
High settings 267.8 FPS 220.2 FPS
Medium settings 334.8 FPS 275.2 FPS
Low settings 418.4 FPS 344.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 17.8 %
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