Ryzen Threadripper 9980X vs Pentium Silver

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium Silver
2020
1.87
Ryzen Threadripper 9980X
2025
64 cores / 128 threads, 350 Watt
91.73
+4805%

Ryzen Threadripper 9980X outperforms Pentium Silver by a whopping 4805% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking21616
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
Power efficiencyno data10.13
DesignerIntelAMD
Manufacturerno dataTSMC
Architecture codenameno dataShimada Peak (2025)
Release date1 July 2020 (5 years ago)July 2025 (recently)

Detailed specifications

Pentium Silver and Ryzen Threadripper 9980X basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical coresno data64 (Tetrahexaconta-Core)
Threadsno data128
Base clock speedno data3.2 GHz
Boost clock speedno data5.4 GHz
L1 cacheno data64 KB (per core)
L2 cacheno data1 MB (per core)
L3 cacheno data256 MB (shared)
Chip lithographyno data4 nm
Die sizeno data8x 70.6 mm2
Number of transistorsno data66,520 million
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-no data
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Silver and Ryzen Threadripper 9980X compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configurationno data1
Socketno datasTR5
Power consumption (TDP)no data350 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver and Ryzen Threadripper 9980X. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Silver and Ryzen Threadripper 9980X are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Silver and Ryzen Threadripper 9980X. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Silver and Ryzen Threadripper 9980X.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data80

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating.

Pentium Silver 1.87
Ryzen Threadripper 9980X 91.73
+4805%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.

Pentium Silver 2999
Ryzen Threadripper 9980X 147481
+4818%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.87 91.73

Ryzen Threadripper 9980X has a 4805.3% higher aggregate performance score.

The AMD Ryzen Threadripper 9980X is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Pentium Silver in performance tests.

Be aware that Pentium Silver is a notebook processor while Ryzen Threadripper 9980X is a desktop one.

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