Intel Core i9-10900X vs Intel Xeon W-2125

Compare Intel Core X-series 10 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

$ 478.79
$ 429.95
$ 48.84 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7550 points
146% significantly better overall score
3067 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8222 points
45% significantly better gaming score
5663 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7324 points
213% significantly better multitasking score
2337 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7249 points
223% significantly better heavy workload score
2241 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

202.00 points
176% significantly higher Blender score
72.99 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9329 points
92% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
4853 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1608 points
21% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1323 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9481 points
92% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
4933 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1574 points
15% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1360 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

10
150% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
150% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz
4 GHz
8% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz
Identical
4.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

165 W
120 W
37% slightly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

48
Identical
48

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

4
Identical
4

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

256 GiB
512 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

165th of 1,089
532nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series
Xeon W

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 November
2017 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933
DDR4-1600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

Core i9-10900X vs Xeon W-2125 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-10900X beats the Xeon W-2125 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon W-2125 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-10900X has significantly more cores than the Xeon W-2125. Indeed, the Core i9-10900X has 10 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Xeon W-2125. It also has more threads than the Xeon W-2125. Our comparison shows that the Xeon W-2125 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-10900X. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. The Xeon W-2125 outputs less heat than Core i9-10900X 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 i9-10900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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