Intel Core i9-7940X vs Intel Xeon W-2135

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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Intel Xeon W-2135

Price

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$ 300.00

$ 227.28 significantly less expensive

$ 527.28

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5222 points

1% slightly better overall score

5166 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6170 points

7095 points

14% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4938 points

8% slightly better multitasking score

4541 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4896 points

11% slightly better heavy workload score

4393 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

261.54 points

137% significantly higher Blender score

110.04 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9233 points

38% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

6662 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1299 points

1386 points

6% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10511 points

60% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

6531 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1444 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1405 points

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

3.7 GHz

19% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz

4.5 GHz

4% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

165 W

140 W

17% slightly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

9% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

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

324th of 1,089

331st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series

Xeon W

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

DDR4-1600

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-2135 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon W-2135 performs better than the Core i9-7940X. Despite this, the Core i9-7940X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-7940X has significantly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Xeon W-2135 has 6 cores. 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 i9-7940X. Also, the Xeon W-2135 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon W-2135 outputs less heat than Core i9-7940X thanks to a slightly 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. Indeed, the Core i9-7940X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.