Intel Xeon Gold 6240 vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX

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Combined performance score

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX
60.54
+88.2%

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX outperforms Xeon Gold 6240 by 88% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX and Xeon Gold 6240 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking13106
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money6.5738.99
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesAMD Ryzen ThreadripperIntel Xeon Gold
Architecture codenameChagall PRO (2022)Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date8 March 2022 (2 years old)2 April 2019 (4 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$2,445
Current price$5500 $1232 (0.5x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Gold 6240 has 493% better value for money than Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX.

Technical specs

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX and Xeon Gold 6240 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)18 (Octadeca-Core)
Threads12836
Base clock speed2.7 GHz2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed4.5 GHz3.9 GHz
Bus supportno data4 × 8 GT/s
L1 cache64K (per core)1.125 MB
L2 cache512K (per core)18 MB
L3 cache256 MB24.75 MB
Chip lithography7 nm14 nm
Die size8x 81 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data85 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)95 °Cno data
Number of transistors33,200 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX and Xeon Gold 6240 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 configuration14 (Multiprocessor)
SocketWRX8FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)280 Watt150 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX and Xeon Gold 6240. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® 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+
TSXno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
Statusno dataLaunched

Security technologies

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX and Xeon Gold 6240 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX and Xeon Gold 6240 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+no data
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX and Xeon Gold 6240. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-3200DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size2 TiB1 TB
Max memory channelsno data6
Maximum memory bandwidth204.8 GB/s140.8 GB/s
ECC memory supportno data+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX and Xeon Gold 6240.

PCIe version4.03.0
PCI Express lanes12848

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


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 60.54
+88.2%
Xeon Gold 6240 32.17

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX outperforms Xeon Gold 6240 by 88% in our combined benchmark results.


Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX 92987
+88.2%
Xeon Gold 6240 49416

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX outperforms Xeon Gold 6240 by 88% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 60.54 32.17
Recency 8 March 2022 2 April 2019
Physical cores 64 18
Threads 128 36
Chip lithography 7 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 280 Watt 150 Watt

The Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon Gold 6240 in performance tests.


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