Test setup:
AMD:
AMD Ryzen ™ Threadripper ™ 2990WX
sTR4 motherboard socket X399
GeForce GTX 1080 graphics card (driver 24.21.13.9793)
4 x 8 GB DDR4-3200
Windows 10 x64 Pro (RS3)
Samsung 850 Pro SSD
score: 5,099
Intel:
Gigabyte X299 AORUS Gaming 9
Intel Core i9-7980XE
GeForce GTX 1080 graphics card (driver 24.21.13.9793)
4 x 8 GB DDR4-3200
Windows 10 x64 Pro (RS3)
Samsung 850 Pro SSD
score: 3,335
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Underwhelming
That seems kind of lower than expected, doesn't it?
It has 77% more cores and a higher base clock but only 52% higher score.
But they cost the same though.
Yeah, maybe it was running with low clocks
>Gasming
kek
Also, I don't think CB scales that well. Intel could only pull off 7K+ on it because 5GHz housefire.
Not only do they cost the same, they also have roughly the same power draw
>double the cores
>same power draw
>can be air cooled
INTEL IS FINISHED AND BANKRUPT
That's a pretty brutal score. For comparison, the top of CPU monkey's CB MC ranking chart.
more threads/cores dont scale perfectly. throwing 2x as many cores at a problem won't give you 2x performance unless the problem scales linearly with the number of cores. also, there are other variables like instructions per clock that can mean a major difference between AMD vs. Intel core for core
>It has 77% more cores and a higher base clock
But the same all-core turbo of 3.4GHz out of the box, so unless you're thermal throttling, the base clock doesn't really matter.