Intel Core i7-6950X vs Intel Xeon W-2135

Core i7-6950X vs Xeon W-2135 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-6950X performs better than the Xeon W-2135. Despite this, the Xeon W-2135 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-6950X has significantly more cores than the Xeon W-2135. Indeed, the Core i7-6950X has 10 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Xeon W-2135. 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 i7-6950X. 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.

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. Indeed, the Core i7-6950X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.