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General information Ryzen Threadripper 2950X Xeon E3-1280
Launched Q3 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 3.5 GHz 0 % 3.5 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.4 GHz 0 % 3.9 GHz 11.4 %
Cores 16 0 % 4 75 %
Threads 32 0 % 8 75 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 180 W 0 % 95 W 47.2 %
Lithography 12 nm 62.5 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 16 × 64 kB Instruction
16 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 16 × 512 kB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 4 × 8 MB
1 × 8 MB
ECC Supported Yes Yes
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Ryzen Threadripper 2950X Xeon E3-1280
Overall Score 66016 0 % 43650 33.9 %
Future Proof 66 % 0 % 24 % 63.6 %
Benchmark Score 18993 0 % 3630 80.9 %
Single Thread Score 2457 0 % 1811.2 26.3 %
Encrypting Data 32280.2 MB/s 0 % 1703.7 MB/s 94.7 %
Compressing Data 497.7 MB/s 0 % 94.1 MB/s 81.1 %
String objects sorting 57031 thousand/s 0 % 13827.4 thousand/s 75.8 %
Prime numbers generation 65.5 millions/s 0 % 24.9 millions/s 62 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 129205 millions/s 0 % 21780.2 millions/s 83.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 65576.9 millions/s 0 % 8206.2 millions/s 87.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Ryzen Threadripper 2950X, Xeon E3-1280.

Average frames per second Ryzen Threadripper 2950X Xeon E3-1280
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 150.8 FPS 84.3 FPS
High settings 241.4 FPS 134.9 FPS
Medium settings 301.7 FPS 168.7 FPS
Low settings 377.1 FPS 210.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 44.1 %

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 Xeon E3-1280
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 167.1 FPS 127.5 FPS
High settings 267.3 FPS 204.0 FPS
Medium settings 334.1 FPS 255.0 FPS
Low settings 417.6 FPS 318.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 23.7 %
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