Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX vs Core i9-9900

Key Differences

In short, we have a clear winner — Core i9-9900 outperforms the more expensive Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i9-9900 is 203 days newer than the more expensive Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX.

Advantages of Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX

Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i9-9900 - 48 vs 16 threads

Advantages of Core i9-9900

Performs up to 8% better in Grand Theft Auto V than Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX - 135 vs 125 FPS
Up to 25% cheaper than Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX - $601.27 vs $806.30
Up to 31% better value when playing Grand Theft Auto V than Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX - $4.45 vs $6.45 per FPS
Consumes up to 74% less energy than AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX - 65 vs 250 Watts
Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX doesn't have integrated graphics

This is a free version of Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX

Desktop • Oct 2nd, 2018

FPS

125

93%

Value, €/FPS

€6.45/FPS

69%

Price, €

€806.3

74%

AMD YD297XAZAFWOF Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX 24 Core, 48 Thread Processor, Pack of 1

Buy for €806.3 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 247 minutes ago

Core i9-9900

Desktop • Apr 23rd, 2019

FPS

135

100%

Value, €/FPS

€4.45/FPS

100%

Price, €

€601.27

100%

FPS and Value Winner

Intel Core i9-9900 Coffee Lake Processor 3.1GHz 8.0GT/s 16MB LGA 1151 CPU, Retail

Buy for €601.27 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 247 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX

Desktop • Oct 2nd, 2018

Core i9-9900

Desktop • Apr 23rd, 2019

1920 x 1080

Ultra

135

FPS

125

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

1920 x 1080

Ultra

584

FPS

537

FPS

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege

1920 x 1080

Very High

195

FPS

179

FPS

League of Legends

1920 x 1080

Epic

229

FPS

224

FPS

Fortnite

1920 x 1080

High

799

FPS

757

FPS

Valorant

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX

Desktop • Oct 2nd, 2018

Single-Core

1235

77%

Multi-Core

7407

100%

Core i9-9900

Desktop • Apr 23rd, 2019

Single-Core

1611

100%

Multi-Core

7204

97%

Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX	vs	Core i9-9900
Oct 2nd, 2018	Release Date	Apr 23rd, 2019
Ryzen Threadripper	Collection	Core i9
Colfax	Codename	Coffee Lake
AMD Socket SP3r2	Socket	Intel Socket 1151
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
24	Cores	8
48	Threads	16
3.0 GHz	Base Clock Speed	3.1 GHz
4.2 GHz	Turbo Clock Speed	5.0 GHz
250 W	TDP	65 W
12 nm	Process Size	14 nm
30.0x	Multiplier	31.0x
None	Integrated Graphics	UHD Graphics 630
Yes	Overclockable	No

Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX vs Core i9-9900