Intel Core i9-8950HK vs Intel Xeon W-10855M

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i9 6 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

2473 points
4738 points
91% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3684 points
6797 points
84% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2115 points
4108 points
94% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2044 points
3975 points
94% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

85.61 points
4% slightly higher Blender score
82.06 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5219 points
5753 points
10% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1422 points
1494 points
5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
Identical
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
Identical
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.9 GHz
3% slightly higher clock speed
2.8 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz
5.1 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
Identical
45 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
Identical
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
128 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

634th of 1,089
371st of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i9
Xeon W

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 May
2020 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR4-2933

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

Core i9-8950HK vs Xeon W-10855M benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon W-10855M performs better than the Core i9-8950HK. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-8950HK in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-8950HK has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon W-10855M. Despite this, the Xeon W-10855M has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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 i9-8950HK has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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