AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX vs Intel Core Ultra 5 235

Compare AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2000 Series 32 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 14 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

10823 points
10867 points
0.41% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7475 points
13656 points
82% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

12159 points
22% slightly better multitasking score
9935 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

13149 points
36% slightly better heavy workload score
9663 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

458.04 points
50% significantly higher Blender score
304.58 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

32
128% significantly more cores
14

Threads

Number of logical processing units

64
357% significantly more threads
14

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz
3.4 GHz
13% slightly higher clock speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

4
100% significantly more memory channels
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

16 MiB
26 MiB
62% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

64 MiB
166% significantly more L3 cache
24 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

73rd of 1,089
71st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen Threadripper 2000 Series
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 August
2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5-6400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
Yes

Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX vs Core Ultra 5 235 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 5 235 performs better than the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX has significantly more cores than the Core Ultra 5 235. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX has 32 cores compared to 14 cores found in the Core Ultra 5 235. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 235. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 235 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 235 has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX. Despite this, the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 235.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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