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General information Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX Core i7-3970X
Launched Q3 2018 Q1 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD Intel
Socket sTR4 LGA2011
Series Name AMD Threadripper Intel Core i7 Extreme
Core Family Name Colfax Sandy Bridge-E
Clock 3 GHz 14.3 % 3.5 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.2 GHz 0 % 4 GHz 4.8 %
Cores 32 0 % 6 81.3 %
Threads 64 0 % 12 81.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 W 0 % 150 W 40 %
Lithography 12 nm 62.5 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 32 × 32 kB Data
32 × 64 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 32 × 512 kB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 8 × 8 MB
1 × 15 MB
ECC Supported Yes No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX Core i7-3970X
Overall Score 67700 0 % 48362 28.6 %
Future Proof 66 % 0 % 28 % 57.6 %
Benchmark Score 21007 0 % 5470 74 %
Single Thread Score 2310.1 0 % 1838.2 20.4 %
Encrypting Data 39147 MB/s 0 % 2682.6 MB/s 93.1 %
Compressing Data 836.1 MB/s 0 % 143.7 MB/s 82.8 %
String objects sorting 65805.1 thousand/s 0 % 21252 thousand/s 67.7 %
Prime numbers generation 42.6 millions/s 0 % 39.9 millions/s 6.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 222027 millions/s 0 % 32369.9 millions/s 85.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 110964 millions/s 0 % 12851 millions/s 88.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX, Core i7-3970X.

Average frames per second Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX Core i7-3970X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 155.5 FPS 98.3 FPS
High settings 248.9 FPS 157.3 FPS
Medium settings 311.1 FPS 196.7 FPS
Low settings 388.8 FPS 245.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 36.8 %

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 i7-3970X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 169.6 FPS 135.8 FPS
High settings 271.3 FPS 217.2 FPS
Medium settings 339.2 FPS 271.5 FPS
Low settings 423.9 FPS 339.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 19.9 %
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