AMD Ryzen 5 2600X vs Intel Xeon W-2125

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 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-2125

Price

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$ 109.25

$ 320.70 significantly less expensive

$ 429.95

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4431 points

44% significantly better overall score

3067 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6004 points

6% slightly better gaming score

5663 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3931 points

68% significantly better multitasking score

2337 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3809 points

69% significantly better heavy workload score

2241 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

114.07 points

56% significantly higher Blender score

72.99 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5171 points

6% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

4853 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1217 points

1323 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5247 points

6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

4933 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1242 points

1360 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

4 GHz

11% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.25 GHz

4.5 GHz

5% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

26% slightly lower TDP

120 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

397th of 1,089

532nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop

Xeon W

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 April

2017 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR4-1600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Ryzen 5 2600X vs Xeon W-2125 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 2600X is faster than the Xeon W-2125. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon W-2125 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 5 2600X has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Xeon W-2125 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon W-2125. Our comparison shows that the Xeon W-2125 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 2600X. Also, the Xeon W-2125 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 2600X CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon W-2125 CPU because of its 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 Ryzen 5 2600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.