Coffee Lake S vs Ryzen Threadripper 1950X

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen Threadripper 1950X and Coffee Lake S processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	319	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	13.49	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	AMD Ryzen Threadripper	no data
Architecture codename	Zen (2017−2020)	Coffee Lake (2017−2019)
Release date	10 August 2017 (6 years ago)	24 September 2017 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$999	no data
Current price	$493 (0.5x MSRP)	$447

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Ryzen Threadripper 1950X and Coffee Lake S 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 cores	16 (Hexadeca-Core)	no data
Threads	32	no data
Base clock speed	3.4 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	4 GHz	no data
L1 cache	96K (per core)	no data
L2 cache	512K (per core)	no data
L3 cache	32 MB	no data
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm0.014 μm 1.4e-5 mm
Die size	213 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	68 °C	no data
Number of transistors	9,600 million	no data
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	Yes	No

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen Threadripper 1950X and Coffee Lake S 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 configuration	1 (Uniprocessor)	no data
Socket	SP3r2	LGA-1151
Power consumption (TDP)	180 Watt	no data

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen Threadripper 1950X and Coffee Lake S. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	SSE4.2, SSE4A, AMD-V, AES, AVX2, FMA3, SHA	no data
AES-NI	+	no data
AVX	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen Threadripper 1950X and Coffee Lake S are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen Threadripper 1950X and Coffee Lake S. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4 Quad-channel	no data
Maximum memory size	2 TiB	no data
Max memory channels	4	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	85.33 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen Threadripper 1950X and Coffee Lake S.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	60	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency

10 August 2017

24 September 2017

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