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General information Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX Xeon E3-1280
Launched Q4 2018 Q2 2011
Used in Desktop Server
Factory AMD Intel
Socket sTR4 LGA1155
Series Name AMD Threadripper Intel Xeon E3
Core Family Name Colfax Sandy Bridge
Clock 3 GHz 14.3 % 3.5 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.2 GHz 0 % 3.9 GHz 7.1 %
Cores 24 0 % 4 83.3 %
Threads 48 0 % 8 83.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 W 0 % 95 W 62 %
Lithography 12 nm 62.5 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 24 × 64 kB Instruction
24 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 24 × 512 kB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 8 × 8 MB
1 × 8 MB
ECC Supported Yes Yes
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX Xeon E3-1280
Overall Score 66335 0 % 43650 34.2 %
Future Proof 68 % 0 % 24 % 64.7 %
Benchmark Score 19363 0 % 3630 81.3 %
Single Thread Score 2301.8 0 % 1805.8 21.5 %
Encrypting Data 39028.9 MB/s 0 % 1712.3 MB/s 95.6 %
Compressing Data 682.8 MB/s 0 % 94.1 MB/s 86.2 %
String objects sorting 61308.6 thousand/s 0 % 13980.9 thousand/s 77.2 %
Prime numbers generation 43.2 millions/s 0 % 25.1 millions/s 42 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 171937 millions/s 0 % 21867.4 millions/s 87.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 88852.6 millions/s 0 % 8059.8 millions/s 90.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX, Xeon E3-1280.

Average frames per second Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX Xeon E3-1280
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 151.7 FPS 84.3 FPS
High settings 242.8 FPS 134.9 FPS
Medium settings 303.5 FPS 168.7 FPS
Low settings 379.3 FPS 210.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 44.4 %

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 Xeon E3-1280
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 167.3 FPS 127.4 FPS
High settings 267.7 FPS 203.8 FPS
Medium settings 334.6 FPS 254.7 FPS
Low settings 418.3 FPS 318.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 23.9 %
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