AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 3900 vs Intel Xeon W3540

Head-to-head processor comparison

Aggregated Scores

Combined benchmark scores for both processors


Overall Score

Out of 2,060 results in the database

6,171

Rank #188

vs
4,416

Rank #1,378

6,171
4,416

Ryzen 9 PRO 3900 wins by 28.4% (Rank #188 vs #1378)

Singlecore Score

Out of 2,060 results in the database

6,116

Rank #228

vs
4,347

Rank #1,442

6,116
4,347

Ryzen 9 PRO 3900 wins by 28.9% (Rank #228 vs #1442)

Multicore Score

Out of 2,060 results in the database

6,254

Rank #198

vs
4,520

Rank #1,193

6,254
4,520

Ryzen 9 PRO 3900 wins by 27.7% (Rank #198 vs #1193)

Number Crunching

Out of 1,771 results in the database

5,674

Rank #144

vs
4,600

Rank #963

5,674
4,600

Ryzen 9 PRO 3900 wins by 18.9% (Rank #144 vs #963)

Data Processing

Out of 1,771 results in the database

5,786

Rank #138

vs
4,570

Rank #991

5,786
4,570

Ryzen 9 PRO 3900 wins by 21% (Rank #138 vs #991)

Physics & Compute

Out of 1,771 results in the database

5,532

Rank #179

vs
4,576

Rank #1,031

5,532
4,576

Ryzen 9 PRO 3900 wins by 17.3% (Rank #179 vs #1031)


Specifications

Side-by-side comparison of key specifications


Specification Ryzen 9 PRO 3900 Xeon W3540 Diff
Cores
12
4
+66.7%
Threads
24
8
+66.7%
Base Frequency
3,100 MHz
2,933 MHz
+5.4%
Clock Multiplier --
22x
L1 Cache
768 KB
62 KB
+91.9%
L2 Cache
6 MiB
0 MiB
+95.9%
L3 Cache
64 MiB
8 MiB
+88.1%
Memory Channels
2
--
Maximum Memory
128 GB
--
Max Bandwidth
48 GB/s
--
PCIe Lanes
20
--
Max CPUs
1
--
TDP (lower is better)
65 W
130 W
50% less
Process (lower is better)
7 nm
45 nm
84.4% less

General Information

Specification Ryzen 9 PRO 3900 Xeon W3540
Designer AMD Intel
Family Ryzen --
Series 3000 --
Model Number PRO --
Microarchitecture Zen 2 --
Core Name Matisse Bloomfield
Socket Socket Socket 1366
Package µOPGA-1331 FC-LGA8
Memory Type DDR4-3200 DDR3
ECC Support No --
PCIe Revision 4.0 --
PCIe Configuration 1x16+x4, 2x8+x4, 1x8+2x4+x4 --
Market Segment Desktop Server
Locked Multiplier No Yes

Designer

Ryzen 9 PRO 3900
AMD
Xeon W3540
Intel

Family

Ryzen 9 PRO 3900
Ryzen
Xeon W3540
--

Series

Ryzen 9 PRO 3900
3000
Xeon W3540
--

Model Number

Ryzen 9 PRO 3900
PRO
Xeon W3540
--

Microarchitecture

Ryzen 9 PRO 3900
Zen 2
Xeon W3540
--

Core Name

Ryzen 9 PRO 3900
Matisse
Xeon W3540
Bloomfield

Socket

Ryzen 9 PRO 3900
Socket
Xeon W3540
Socket 1366

Package

Ryzen 9 PRO 3900
µOPGA-1331
Xeon W3540
FC-LGA8

Memory Type

Ryzen 9 PRO 3900
DDR4-3200
Xeon W3540
DDR3

ECC Support

Ryzen 9 PRO 3900
No
Xeon W3540
--

PCIe Revision

Ryzen 9 PRO 3900
4.0
Xeon W3540
--

PCIe Configuration

Ryzen 9 PRO 3900
1x16+x4, 2x8+x4, 1x8+2x4+x4
Xeon W3540
--

Market Segment

Ryzen 9 PRO 3900
Desktop
Xeon W3540
Server

Locked Multiplier

Ryzen 9 PRO 3900
No
Xeon W3540
Yes

Physical Specifications

Manufacturing process and die characteristics


Specification Ryzen 9 PRO 3900 Xeon W3540
Process 7 nm 45 nm
Die Area -- 263 mm²
Transistor Count -- 0.00 billion
Manufacturer TSMC Intel
Technology CMOS --
Word Size 64-bit --
ISA x86-64 (x86) --

Process

Ryzen 9 PRO 3900
7 nm
Xeon W3540
45 nm

Die Area

Ryzen 9 PRO 3900
--
Xeon W3540
263 mm²

Transistor Count

Ryzen 9 PRO 3900
--
Xeon W3540
0.00 billion

Manufacturer

Ryzen 9 PRO 3900
TSMC
Xeon W3540
Intel

Technology

Ryzen 9 PRO 3900
CMOS
Xeon W3540
--

Word Size

Ryzen 9 PRO 3900
64-bit
Xeon W3540
--

ISA

Ryzen 9 PRO 3900
x86-64 (x86)
Xeon W3540
--

CPU Extensions

Supported instruction set extensions comparison


Extension Ryzen 9 PRO 3900 Xeon W3540
ABM
ADX
AES
AMD-V
AMD-Vi
AVX
AVX-512
AVX2
AVX512BW
AVX512CD
AVX512DQ
AVX512F
AVX512VL
BMI1
BMI2
Boost 2
CLMUL
EIST
EMMX
EPT
F16C
FMA3
FPU
HT
IPT
MMX
MPX
NX
Protected
RdRand
Real
SHA
SMEP
SMM
SMT
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
SSE4a
SSSE3
SST
Secure Key
SenseMI
TBT 2.0
TSME
TSX
TXT
VMD
VT-d
VT-x
XFR 2
vPro
x86-16
x86-32
x86-64