Intel Core i7-9700F vs Intel Xeon W-2125

Compare Intel 9th Generation Core i7 8 core CPU vs Intel Xeon W 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 246.50
$ 183.45 significantly less expensive
$ 429.95

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5091 points
65% significantly better overall score
3067 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7520 points
32% slightly better gaming score
5663 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4300 points
83% significantly better multitasking score
2337 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4118 points
83% significantly better heavy workload score
2241 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

109.06 points
49% significantly higher Blender score
72.99 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6336 points
30% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
4853 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1492 points
12% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1323 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6401 points
29% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
4933 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1584 points
16% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1360 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
100% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
Identical
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz
4 GHz
33% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed
4.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
84% significantly lower TDP
120 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
48
200% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
4
100% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
512 GiB
300% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

339th of 1,089
532nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i7
Xeon W

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 May
2017 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR4-1600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

Core i7-9700F vs Xeon W-2125 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-9700F is faster than the Xeon W-2125. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon W-2125 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-9700F has significantly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Xeon W-2125 has 4 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon W-2125 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-9700F. Despite this, the Core i7-9700F has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-9700F 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.

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. For instance, the Core i7-9700F has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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