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General information Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX Xeon E5-1660
Launched Q3 2018 Q3 2012
Used in Desktop Server
Factory AMD Intel
Socket sTR4 LGA2011
Series Name AMD Threadripper Intel Xeon E5
Core Family Name Colfax Sandy Bridge-EP
Clock 3 GHz 9.1 % 3.3 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.2 GHz 0 % 3.9 GHz 7.1 %
Cores 32 0 % 6 81.3 %
Threads 64 0 % 12 81.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 W 0 % 130 W 48 %
Lithography 12 nm 62.5 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 32 × 32 kB Data
32 × 64 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 32 × 512 kB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 8 × 8 MB
1 × 15 MB
ECC Supported Yes Yes
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX Xeon E5-1660
Overall Score 67700 0 % 48281 28.7 %
Future Proof 66 % 0 % 31 % 53 %
Benchmark Score 21007 0 % 5434 74.1 %
Single Thread Score 2287.1 0 % 1788.8 21.8 %
Encrypting Data 39341.9 MB/s 0 % 2563.7 MB/s 93.5 %
Compressing Data 835.3 MB/s 0 % 138.3 MB/s 83.4 %
String objects sorting 66002.9 thousand/s 0 % 20968.8 thousand/s 68.2 %
Prime numbers generation 42.8 millions/s 0 % 42.1 millions/s 1.7 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 219376 millions/s 0 % 33099.2 millions/s 84.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 110522 millions/s 0 % 12233 millions/s 88.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX, Xeon E5-1660.

Average frames per second Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX Xeon E5-1660
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 155.5 FPS 98.1 FPS
High settings 248.9 FPS 157.0 FPS
Medium settings 311.1 FPS 196.2 FPS
Low settings 388.8 FPS 245.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 36.9 %

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 2990WX Xeon E5-1660
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 169.9 FPS 135.7 FPS
High settings 271.8 FPS 217.2 FPS
Medium settings 339.8 FPS 271.5 FPS
Low settings 424.7 FPS 339.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 20.1 %
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