Xeon Platinum 9222 vs Ryzen Threadripper 3990X

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen Threadripper 3990X and Xeon Platinum 9222 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking34not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation9.19no data
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
SeriesAMD Ryzen ThreadripperIntel Xeon Platinum
Power efficiency16.99no data
Architecture codenameMatisse (2019−2020)Cascade Lake-AP (2019)
Release date25 November 2019 (4 years ago)2 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$3,999no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen Threadripper 3990X and Xeon Platinum 9222 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 cores64 (Tetrahexaconta-Core)32 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threads12864
Base clock speed2.9 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed4.3 GHz3.7 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier2923
L1 cache4 MB2 MB
L2 cache32 MB32 MB
L3 cache256 MB71.5 MB (shared)
Chip lithography7 nm, 12 nm14 nm
Die size74 mm2no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)95 °Cno data
Number of transistors38740 Million8,000 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen Threadripper 3990X and Xeon Platinum 9222 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 configuration18
SocketTR4Intel BGA5903
Power consumption (TDP)280 Watt250 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen Threadripper 3990X and Xeon Platinum 9222. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Precision Boost 2+no data

Security technologies

Ryzen Threadripper 3990X and Xeon Platinum 9222 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen Threadripper 3990X and Xeon Platinum 9222 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen Threadripper 3990X and Xeon Platinum 9222. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-3200DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size256 GB2 TiB
Max memory channels412
Maximum memory bandwidth102.403 GB/s281.6 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen Threadripper 3990X and Xeon Platinum 9222.

PCIe version4.0no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 25 November 2019 2 April 2019
Physical cores 64 32
Threads 128 64
Chip lithography 7 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 280 Watt 250 Watt

Ryzen Threadripper 3990X has an age advantage of 7 months, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

Xeon Platinum 9222, on the other hand, has 12% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen Threadripper 3990X and Xeon Platinum 9222. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Ryzen Threadripper 3990X is a desktop processor while Xeon Platinum 9222 is a server/workstation one.


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