Xeon E-2134 vs Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX

General info

Comparing Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX and Xeon E-2134 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	13	1009
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	6.56	12.48
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	AMD Ryzen Threadripper	Intel Xeon E
Architecture codename	Chagall PRO (2022)	Coffee Lake (2017−2019)
Release date	8 March 2022 (2 years old)	12 July 2018 (5 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$250
Current price	$5500	$299 (1.2x MSRP)

Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon E-2134 has 90% better value for money than Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX.

Technical specs

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX and Xeon E-2134 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)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	128	8
Base clock speed	2.7 GHz	3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.5 GHz	4.5 GHz
Bus support	no data	4 × 8 GT/s
L1 cache	64K (per core)	256 KB
L2 cache	512K (per core)	1 MB
L3 cache	256 MB	8 MB
Chip lithography	7 nm	14 nm
Die size	8x 81 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	no data	100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	95 °C	no data
Number of transistors	33,200 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX and Xeon E-2134 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	1
Socket	WRX8	FCLGA1151
Power consumption (TDP)	280 Watt	71 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX and Xeon E-2134. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	+
TSX	no data	+
Idle States	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	no data	+
Status	no data	Discontinued

Security technologies

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX and Xeon E-2134 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	+
EDB	no data	+
Secure Key	no data	+
MPX	no data	+
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® ME
OS Guard	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX and Xeon E-2134 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	no data
VT-d	no data	+
VT-x	no data	+
EPT	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX and Xeon E-2134. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-3200	DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size	2 TiB	128 GB
Max memory channels	no data	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	204.8 GB/s	41.6 GB/s
ECC memory support	no data	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX and Xeon E-2134.

PCIe version	4.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	128	16

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX outperforms Xeon E-2134 by 917% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Advantages and disadvantages

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Performance score	60.71	5.97
Recency	8 March 2022	12 July 2018
Physical cores	64	4
Threads	128	8
Chip lithography	7 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	280 Watt	71 Watt

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