Intel Core i9-9900 vs Intel Xeon Silver 4210R

Compare Intel 9th Generation Core i9 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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$ 470.48
$ 54.15 slightly less expensive
$ 524.63

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6105 points
6883 points
12% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7952 points
36% slightly better gaming score
5843 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5494 points
7219 points
31% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5338 points
7294 points
36% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

148.10 points
163.91 points
10% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7287 points
18% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
6126 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1617 points
48% significantly 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

3.1 GHz
29% slightly higher clock speed
2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz
56% significantly higher turbo speed
3.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
53% significantly lower TDP
100 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
48
200% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
6
200% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

246th of 1,089
199th of 1,089

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i9
2nd Generation Xeon Scalable

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 May
2020 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR4-2400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

Core i9-9900 vs Xeon Silver 4210R specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Xeon Silver 4210R beats the Core i9-9900 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-9900 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon Silver 4210R has slightly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Core i9-9900 has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i9-9900. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-9900 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon Silver 4210R. Also, the Core i9-9900 has a significantly higher turbo speed. A Core i9-9900 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon Silver 4210R CPU because of its 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 i9-9900 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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