AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8360HL

Let's find out which one of Intel Xeon Platinum 8360HL and AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X is of a more recent generation, and what segment it belongs to.

• Name
  Intel Xeon Platinum 8360HL AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X
• Family
  Intel Xeon Platinum AMD Ryzen
• CPU group
  Intel Xeon Platinum 8300 AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3000
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Generation
  3 3

In this block we are going to compare Intel Xeon Platinum 8360HL vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X by main technical specifications: number of cores and threads, base and maximum frequencies, process technology and cache size. The higher these specifications are, the more powerful your CPU will be.

• Core architecture
  normal normal
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Frequency
  3.00 GHz 3.80 GHz

Common specifications for integrated graphics cards in Intel Xeon Platinum 8360HL and AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X along with supported interfaces and connection options. This block has no effect on the final efficiency of the CPU.

• GPU name
  no iGPU no iGPU
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo

Let's compare the support of video codecs between Intel Xeon Platinum 8360HL and AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X. Hardware support of video decoding by embedded graphics cards directly affects the speed and quality of rendering videos.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• h264
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  No No
• VC-1
  No No
• JPEG
  No No

To choose the best model between Intel Xeon Platinum 8360HL and AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X you need to pay special attention to memory type, clock frequency, multi-channel features, and PCIe version. The higher these numbers are, the better your CPU will be. Keep in mind that the maximum memory and frequency may also depend on the model of the motherboard.

• Memory type
  DDR4-3200 DDR4-3200
• Max. Memory
  4608 GB 2048 GB
• Memory channels
  6 (Hexa Channel) 4
• ECC
  Yes Yes

Let's find out what TDP value would be better for Intel Xeon Platinum 8360HL or AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X? The Thermal Design Power (TDP) indicates the maximum amount of heat that should be dissipated by the chip cooling system. However, the value of TDP gives only a rough indication of the real power consumption of the CPU.

• TDP (PL1)
  225 W 280 W
• Tjunction max.
  -- 95 °C

Here you can find a comparison of 2nd and 3rd level cache sizes for Intel Xeon Platinum 8360HL and AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X CPUs along with a list of ISA extensions.

• Technology
  14 nm 7 nm
• Socket
  LGA 4189 TRX4 (sTRX4)
• L3-Cache
  33.00 MB 128.00 MB
• Architecture
  Cooper Lake Castle Peak (Zen 2)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V, SVM
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• Release date
  Q3/2020 Q4/2019