Intel Core i9-7940X vs Intel Xeon W-11855M

Compare Intel Core X-series 14 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

5222 points

5286 points

1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6170 points

7503 points

21% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4938 points

6% slightly better multitasking score

4615 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4896 points

9% slightly better heavy workload score

4471 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

261.54 points

115% significantly higher Blender score

121.37 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10511 points

38% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

7586 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1444 points

1985 points

37% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

133% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

133% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.1 GHz

3.2 GHz

3% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz

4.9 GHz

13% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

165 W

45 W

266% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

120% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

Identical

128 GiB

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

896 KiB

86% significantly more L1 cache

480 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

25 MiB

38% slightly more L3 cache

18 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

324th of 1,089

312th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series

Xeon W

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 August

2021 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i9-7940X vs Xeon W-11855M comparison

In our benchmarks, the Xeon W-11855M beats the Core i9-7940X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-7940X in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-7940X has significantly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Xeon W-11855M has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon W-11855M. Our comparison shows that the Xeon W-11855M has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-7940X. Also, the Xeon W-11855M has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon W-11855M outputs less heat than Core i9-7940X 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 i9-7940X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.