Athlon 64 TF-20 vs Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX and Athlon 64 TF-20 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	18	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	AMD Ryzen Threadripper	AMD Athlon 64
Power efficiency	19.83	no data
Architecture codename	Chagall PRO (2022)	Sherman (2009)
Release date	8 March 2022 (2 years ago)	1 May 2009 (15 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX and Athlon 64 TF-20 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	64 (Tetrahexaconta-Core)	1 (Single-Core)
Threads	128	1
Base clock speed	2.7 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	4.5 GHz	1.6 GHz
Bus rate	no data	667 MHz
Multiplier	27	no data
L1 cache	4 MB	0.1 MB
L2 cache	32 MB	512 KB
L3 cache	256 MB	no data
Chip lithography	7 nm	65 nm
Die size	8x 81 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	no data	95 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	95 °C	no data
Number of transistors	33,200 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX and Athlon 64 TF-20 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	no data
Socket	WRX8	S1g1
Power consumption (TDP)	280 Watt	25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX and Athlon 64 TF-20. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	MMX, 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection
AES-NI	+	-
AVX	+	-
VirusProtect	-	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX and Athlon 64 TF-20 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

+

-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX and Athlon 64 TF-20. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-3200	no data
Maximum memory size	2 TiB	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	204.8 GB/s	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX and Athlon 64 TF-20.

PCIe version	4.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	128	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	8 March 2022	1 May 2009
Physical cores	64	1
Threads	128	1
Chip lithography	7 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	280 Watt	25 Watt

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