Intel Core i5-3550 vs Intel Xeon W-2125

Compare Intel Core 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon W 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Xeon W-2125

Price

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$ 298.95

$ 131.00 significantly less expensive

$ 429.95

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2119 points

3067 points

44% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3894 points

5663 points

45% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1620 points

2337 points

44% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1555 points

2241 points

44% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

27.36 points

72.99 points

166% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1939 points

4853 points

150% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

644 points

1323 points

105% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1924 points

4933 points

156% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

645 points

1360 points

110% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz

4 GHz

21% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz

4.5 GHz

21% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

77 W

55% significantly lower TDP

120 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB

512 GiB

1500% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

702nd of 1,089

532nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core

Xeon W

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 May

2017 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

DDR4-1600

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i5-3550 vs Xeon W-2125 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Xeon W-2125 beats the Core i5-3550 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-3550 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Xeon W-2125 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon W-2125 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-3550. Also, the Xeon W-2125 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-3550 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon W-2125 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. For instance, the Core i5-3550 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.