AMD Ryzen Threadripper 9970X vs Intel Xeon E3-1585 v5

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 9970X
Intel Xeon E3-1585 v5 $556
32 Cores
64 Threads
4GHz Clock
4 Cores
8 Threads
3.5GHz Clock
Socket
sTR5
Socket
BGA 1440
iGPU
No GPU
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iGPU
Iris Pro P580 1150MHz
1.33 TFLOPS FP32
GB6S N/A
0%
GB6S 1,390
34%
GB6M N/A
0%
GB6M 4,500
17%
CB23S N/A
0%
CB23S N/A
0%
CB23M N/A
0%
CB23M N/A
0%
Manufacturer
AMD
Manufacturer
Intel
Architecture
Zen 5
Architecture
Skylake
Family
Ryzen 9000
Family
Xeon v5
Instruction Set (ISA)
x86-64
Instruction Set (ISA)
x86-64
Codename
Shimada Peak
Eldora
Shimada Peak 8CCD
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Codename
Skylake-SP
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Skylake-4C-GT4
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Market Segment
Server
Market Segment
Server
Release Date
5/20/2025
Release Date
5/1/2016
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC (IO Die)
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Foundry
Intel
Intel (eDRAM Die)
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Node
N4X
N6 (IO Die)
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Node
14nm
22nm (eDRAM Die)
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Die Size
8x 71 mm²
388 mm² (IO Die)
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Die Size
184 mm²
77 mm² (eDRAM Die)
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Transistor Count
8x 8.3 Billion
11 Billion (IO Die)
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Transistor Count
3.2 Billion
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32 Cores
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4 Cores
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64 Threads
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8 Threads
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4GHz
5.4GHz Boost
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3.5GHz
3.9GHz Boost
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Overclocking
Unlocked
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Overclocking
Locked
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Type
PCIe
Type
DMI
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Transfer Rate
32GT/s
Transfer Rate
8GT/s
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Lanes
8
Lanes
4
Bandwidth
32GB/s
Bandwidth
4GB/s
Bi-directional
64GB/s
Bi-directional
8GB/s
L0 Instruction
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L0 Instruction
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L0 Data
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L0 Data
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L1 Instruction
32KB/Core
8-way set associative
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L1 Instruction
32KB/Core
8-way set associative
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L1 Data
48KB/Core
12-way set associative
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L1 Data
32KB/Core
8-way set associative
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L2
1024KB/Core
16-way set associative
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L2
1024KB/Core
16-way set associative
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L3
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128MB Shared
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16-way set associative
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L3
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8MB Shared
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16-way set associative
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L4
128MB Shared
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Channels
12
Channels
2
Max Memory
6144GB
Max Memory
64GB
ECC
Supported
ECC
Supported
Bus Width/Channel
64Bit
Bus Width
768Bit
Bus Width/Channel
64Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Clock
3000MHz
Transfer Rate
6000MT/s
Clock
1067MHz
Transfer Rate
2133MT/s
Bandwidth/Channel
48.0GB/s
Bandwidth
576.0GB/s
Bandwidth/Channel
17.1GB/s
Bandwidth
34.1GB/s
TDP
350W
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TDP
65W
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Temp
95°C Max
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Temp
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Included Cooler
Not Included
Included Cooler
Not Included
PCIe 5.0 x128 Lanes
PCIe 3.0 x16 Lanes
No GPU
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Iris Pro P580 1150MHz
576 Shaders
1150MHz
1.33 TFLOPS FP32
No NPU
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No NPU
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No Cellular
No Cellular
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