Intel Core i7-5960X vs Intel Xeon W-2135

Compare Intel Core X-series 8 core CPU vs Intel Xeon W 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5462 points

5% slightly better overall score

5166 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6552 points

7095 points

8% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5074 points

11% slightly better multitasking score

4541 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4955 points

12% slightly better heavy workload score

4393 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

141.38 points

28% slightly higher Blender score

110.04 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7331 points

10% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

6662 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1235 points

1386 points

12% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7412 points

13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

6531 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1302 points

1405 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz

3.7 GHz

23% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz

4.5 GHz

28% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

140 W

Identical

140 W

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

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB

512 GiB

700% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

298th of 1,089

331st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series

Xeon W

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 August

2017 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1600

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i7-5960X vs Xeon W-2135 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-5960X is faster than the Xeon W-2135. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon W-2135 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-5960X has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Xeon W-2135 that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon W-2135. Our comparison shows that the Xeon W-2135 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-5960X. Also, the Xeon W-2135 has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-5960X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.