AMD Ryzen 7 3800X vs Intel Xeon W-2155

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel Xeon W 10 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Xeon W-2155

Price

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$ 339.99

$ 4916.01 significantly less expensive

$ 5256.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6549 points

6561 points

0.18% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7888 points

5% slightly better gaming score

7452 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6111 points

6257 points

2% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5988 points

6180 points

3% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

185.59 points

2% slightly higher Blender score

180.80 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9081 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

8684 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1720 points

25% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1373 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8236 points

8711 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1703 points

23% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1383 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

25% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

25% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.9 GHz

18% slightly higher clock speed

3.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz

Identical

4.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W

33% slightly lower TDP

140 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

218th of 1,089

216th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop

Xeon W

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 July

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 7 3800X vs Xeon W-2155 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Xeon W-2155 beats the Ryzen 7 3800X in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 3800X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon W-2155 has slightly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 3800X has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 3800X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 3800X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon W-2155. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. A Ryzen 7 3800X CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon W-2155 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 7 3800X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.