Intel Core i7-9800X vs Intel Xeon Silver 4210R

Compare Intel Core X-series 8 core CPU vs Intel 2nd Generation Xeon Scalable 10 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 768.88
$ 524.63
$ 244.25 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6761 points
6883 points
1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8246 points
41% slightly better gaming score
5843 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6264 points
7219 points
15% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6133 points
7294 points
18% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

163.68 points
163.91 points
0.14% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7552 points
23% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
6126 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1400 points
28% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1087 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
10
25% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
20
25% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz
58% significantly higher clock speed
2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
37% slightly higher turbo speed
3.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

165 W
100 W
64% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

44
48
9% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

4
6
49% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

206th of 1,089
199th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series
2nd Generation Xeon Scalable

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 November
2020 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR4-2400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

Core i7-9800X vs Xeon Silver 4210R benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Xeon Silver 4210R beats the Core i7-9800X in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-9800X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon Silver 4210R has slightly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Core i7-9800X has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-9800X. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-9800X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Xeon Silver 4210R. Also, the Core i7-9800X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon Silver 4210R outputs less heat than Core i7-9800X thanks to a significantly 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 i7-9800X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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