AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X vs Intel Xeon W-11855M

Compare AMD Ryzen Threadripper 24 core CPU vs Intel Xeon W 6 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

12902 points

144% significantly better overall score

5286 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9051 points

20% slightly better gaming score

7503 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

14301 points

209% significantly better multitasking score

4615 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

14990 points

235% significantly better heavy workload score

4471 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

545.75 points

349% significantly higher Blender score

121.37 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

13168 points

73% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

7586 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1679 points

1985 points

18% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

300% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

300% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz

18% slightly higher clock speed

3.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz

4.9 GHz

8% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

280 W

45 W

522% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

1536 KiB

220% significantly more L1 cache

480 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

128 MiB

611% significantly more L3 cache

18 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

42nd of 1,089

312th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen Threadripper

Xeon W

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 November

2021 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Ryzen Threadripper 3960X vs Xeon W-11855M comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X performs better than the Xeon W-11855M. Despite this, the Xeon W-11855M has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X has significantly more cores with 24 cores compared to the Xeon W-11855M that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon W-11855M. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon W-11855M. Despite this, the Xeon W-11855M has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon W-11855M outputs less heat than Ryzen Threadripper 3960X thanks to a 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 Ryzen Threadripper 3960X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.