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General information Ryzen Threadripper 2950X Core i7-3960X
Launched Q3 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 3.5 GHz 0 % 3.3 GHz 5.7 %
Turbo Clock 4.4 GHz 0 % 3.9 GHz 11.4 %
Cores 16 0 % 6 62.5 %
Threads 32 0 % 12 62.5 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 180 W 0 % 130 W 27.8 %
Lithography 12 nm 62.5 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 16 × 64 kB Instruction
16 × 32 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 16 × 512 kB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 4 × 8 MB
1 × 15 MB
ECC Supported Yes No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Ryzen Threadripper 2950X Core i7-3960X
Overall Score 66016 0 % 48276 26.9 %
Future Proof 66 % 0 % 27 % 59.1 %
Benchmark Score 18993 0 % 5431 71.4 %
Single Thread Score 2457 0 % 1806 26.5 %
Encrypting Data 32280.2 MB/s 0 % 2547.6 MB/s 92.1 %
Compressing Data 497.7 MB/s 0 % 137.8 MB/s 72.3 %
String objects sorting 57031 thousand/s 0 % 21005 thousand/s 63.2 %
Prime numbers generation 65.5 millions/s 0 % 41.7 millions/s 36.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 129205 millions/s 0 % 33254.6 millions/s 74.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 65576.9 millions/s 0 % 12286.3 millions/s 81.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Ryzen Threadripper 2950X, Core i7-3960X.

Average frames per second Ryzen Threadripper 2950X Core i7-3960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 150.8 FPS 98.1 FPS
High settings 241.4 FPS 156.9 FPS
Medium settings 301.7 FPS 196.2 FPS
Low settings 377.1 FPS 245.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 35 %

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 2950X Core i7-3960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 167.1 FPS 135.7 FPS
High settings 267.3 FPS 217.2 FPS
Medium settings 334.1 FPS 271.5 FPS
Low settings 417.6 FPS 339.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 18.8 %
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