Xeon Gold 6430 vs Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX

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Primary details

Comparing Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX and Xeon Gold 6430 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking27not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation6.36no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesAMD Ryzen Threadripperno data
Power efficiency17.80no data
Architecture codenameMatisse (2019−2020)Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date14 July 2020 (4 years ago)10 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$5,500$2,138

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX and Xeon Gold 6430 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 speed2.7 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed4.2 GHz3.4 GHz
Multiplier27no data
L1 cache64K (per core)80K (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)2 MB (per core)
L3 cache256 MB60 MB
Chip lithography7 nm, 12 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size74 mm24x 477 mm2
Maximum core temperature95 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)95 °C72 °C
Number of transistors3,800 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX and Xeon Gold 6430 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 configuration12
SocketsWRX8FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)280 Watt270 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX and Xeon Gold 6430. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AES, AVX, AVX2, BMI1, BMI2, SHA, F16C, FMA3, AMD64, EVP, AMD-V, SMAP, SMEP, SMT, Precision Boost 2, XFR 2Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® 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
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX and Xeon Gold 6430 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX and Xeon Gold 6430 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX and Xeon Gold 6430. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-3200DDR5-4400
Maximum memory size2 TiB4 TB
Max memory channelsno data8
Maximum memory bandwidth204.8 GB/sno data
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX and Xeon Gold 6430.

PCIe version4.05.0
PCI Express lanes12880

Synthetic benchmark performance

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



GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX 1572
+14.6%
Xeon Gold 6430 1372

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX 13683
+27.7%
Xeon Gold 6430 10718

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 July 2020 10 January 2023
Physical cores 64 32
Threads 128 64
Power consumption (TDP) 280 Watt 270 Watt

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

Xeon Gold 6430, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and 3.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX and Xeon Gold 6430. We've got no test results to judge.


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