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General information Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX Core i7-3960X
Launched Q4 2018 Q4 2011
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 9.1 % 3.3 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.2 GHz 0 % 3.9 GHz 7.1 %
Cores 24 0 % 6 75 %
Threads 48 0 % 12 75 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 W 0 % 130 W 48 %
Lithography 12 nm 62.5 % 32 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 × 15 MB
ECC Supported Yes No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX Core i7-3960X
Overall Score 66335 0 % 48276 27.2 %
Future Proof 68 % 0 % 27 % 60.3 %
Benchmark Score 19363 0 % 5431 72 %
Single Thread Score 2315.7 0 % 1806 22 %
Encrypting Data 39421.9 MB/s 0 % 2547.6 MB/s 93.5 %
Compressing Data 685.6 MB/s 0 % 137.8 MB/s 79.9 %
String objects sorting 62050.2 thousand/s 0 % 21005 thousand/s 66.1 %
Prime numbers generation 42.9 millions/s 0 % 41.7 millions/s 2.8 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 174359 millions/s 0 % 33254.6 millions/s 80.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 90015.9 millions/s 0 % 12286.3 millions/s 86.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX, Core i7-3960X.

Average frames per second Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX Core i7-3960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 151.7 FPS 98.1 FPS
High settings 242.8 FPS 156.9 FPS
Medium settings 303.5 FPS 196.2 FPS
Low settings 379.3 FPS 245.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 35.4 %

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 i7-3960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 167.6 FPS 135.7 FPS
High settings 268.2 FPS 217.2 FPS
Medium settings 335.3 FPS 271.5 FPS
Low settings 419.1 FPS 339.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 19 %
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