Intel Core i9-7980XE vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX

Core i9-7980XE vs Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-7980XE performs better than the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX has slightly more cores than the Core i9-7980XE. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX has 24 cores compared to 18 cores found in the Core i9-7980XE. It also has more threads than the Core i9-7980XE. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-7980XE. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. A Core i9-7980XE CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i9-7980XE has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.