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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX vs Intel Core i7 8550U

	CPU AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX	CPU Intel Core i7 8550U
General Parameters
Release Date	Oct 2018	Aug 2017
Manufacturer	AMD	Intel
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Instruction Set	x86-64	x86-64
Core Architecture	Zen+	Kaby Lake R
Integrated Graphics	N/A	UHD Graphics 620
Processor Number		i7-8550U
Package
Transistor Count	19.2 billions
Manufacturing Process	12 nm	14 nm
Socket	sTR4	BGA-1356
Power Consumption	250 W	15 W
Peak Operating Temperature	68 °C	100 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	24	4
Performance Core Threads	48	8
Performance Core Base Frequency	3.0 GHz	1.8 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	4.2 GHz	4 GHz
Total Core Count	24	4
Total Thread Count	48	8
Bus Frequency	100 MHz	100 MHz
Multiplier	30x	18x
L1 Cache	96 K per core	64 K per core
L2 Cache	512 K per core	256 K per core
L3 Cache	64 MB shared	8 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	Yes	No
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR4-2933	DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133
Max Memory Size	2048 GB	32 GB
Max Memory Channels	4	2
Max Memory Bandwidth	87.42 GB/s	37.5 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	Yes	No
Miscellaneous
Official Website	Official Link ↗	Official Link ↗
PCIe Version	3.0	3.0
PCIe Lanes	60	12
Extended Instruction Set		SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics		true
GPU Base Frequency		300 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency		1150 MHz
Shader Units		192
Texture Units		24
Raster Operation Units		3
Execution Units		24
Power Consumption		15 W
Max Resolution		4096x2304 - 60 Hz
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 Single Core	1159	979
Cinebench R23 Multi Core	26292	2960
Geekbench 6 Single Core	1297	1153
Geekbench 5 Single Core	1064	966
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	8391	2890
Geekbench 5 Multi Core	11876	2960
Passmark CPU Single Core	2319	2059
Passmark CPU Multi Core	29986	5894