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General information Ryzen Threadripper 3970X Xeon E5-2680
Launched Q4 2019 Q2 2012
Used in Desktop Server
Factory AMD Intel
Socket sTRX4 LGA2011
Series Name AMD Threadripper Intel Xeon E5
Core Family Name Castle Peak Sandy Bridge-EP
Clock 3.7 GHz 0 % 2.7 GHz 27 %
Turbo Clock 4.5 GHz 0 % 3.5 GHz 22.2 %
Cores 32 0 % 8 75 %
Threads 64 0 % 16 75 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 280 W 0 % 130 W 53.6 %
Lithography 7 nm 78.1 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 32 × 32 kB Instruction
32 × 32 kB Data
8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 32 × 512 kB
8 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 8 × 16 MB
1 × 20 MB
ECC Supported Yes Yes
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Ryzen Threadripper 3970X Xeon E5-2680
Overall Score 79975 0 % 49658 37.9 %
Future Proof 73 % 0 % 30 % 58.9 %
Benchmark Score 40909 0 % 6081 85.1 %
Single Thread Score 2656.3 0 % 1542 41.9 %
Encrypting Data 74591.2 MB/s 0 % 2949.2 MB/s 96 %
Compressing Data 1131.3 MB/s 0 % 157.3 MB/s 86.1 %
String objects sorting 122590 thousand/s 0 % 24026.3 thousand/s 80.4 %
Prime numbers generation 350.2 millions/s 0 % 48.1 millions/s 86.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 263013 millions/s 0 % 37392.8 millions/s 85.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 155107 millions/s 0 % 13994.8 millions/s 91 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Ryzen Threadripper 3970X, Xeon E5-2680.

Average frames per second Ryzen Threadripper 3970X Xeon E5-2680
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 192.3 FPS 102.2 FPS
High settings 307.7 FPS 163.5 FPS
Medium settings 384.7 FPS 204.3 FPS
Low settings 480.8 FPS 255.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 46.9 %

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 3970X Xeon E5-2680
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 191.4 FPS 138.0 FPS
High settings 306.2 FPS 220.9 FPS
Medium settings 382.7 FPS 276.1 FPS
Low settings 478.4 FPS 345.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 27.9 %
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