Intel Core i7-3960X vs Intel Xeon W-2223

Compare Intel Core X-series 6 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-2223

Price

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$ 250.00

$ 99.95 significantly less expensive

$ 349.95

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3693 points

22% slightly better overall score

3013 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4998 points

3% slightly better gaming score

4813 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3261 points

31% slightly better multitasking score

2477 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3155 points

32% slightly better heavy workload score

2376 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

69.62 points

1% slightly higher Blender score

68.45 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3209 points

4602 points

43% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

661 points

1286 points

94% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz

3.6 GHz

9% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz

Identical

3.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

130 W

120 W

8% slightly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

464th of 1,089

539th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series

Xeon W

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2011 November

2019 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066

DDR4-2666

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i7-3960X vs Xeon W-2223 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-3960X beats the Xeon W-2223 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon W-2223 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-3960X has significantly more cores than the Xeon W-2223. Indeed, the Core i7-3960X has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Xeon W-2223. It also has more threads than the Xeon W-2223. With our hardware info, we find that the Xeon W-2223 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-3960X. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. The Xeon W-2223 outputs less heat than Core i7-3960X thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-3960X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.