AMD Ryzen 5 1500X vs Intel Xeon W-2223

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon W 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Xeon W-2223

Price

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$ 79.99

$ 269.96 significantly less expensive

$ 349.95

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3338 points

10% slightly better overall score

3013 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5184 points

7% slightly better gaming score

4813 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2778 points

12% slightly better multitasking score

2477 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2668 points

12% slightly better heavy workload score

2376 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

64.62 points

68.45 points

5% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3681 points

4602 points

25% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1109 points

1286 points

15% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz

3.6 GHz

2% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz

3.9 GHz

5% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

84% significantly lower TDP

120 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

499th of 1,089

539th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop

Xeon W

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 November

2019 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Ryzen 5 1500X vs Xeon W-2223 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 1500X performs better than the Xeon W-2223. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon W-2223 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon W-2223 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 1500X. Also, the Xeon W-2223 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 1500X CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon W-2223 CPU because of its significantly 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 Ryzen 5 1500X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.