AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT vs Intel Xeon Gold 6138

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel Xeon Scalable 20 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

7216 points
7502 points
3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8527 points
31% slightly better gaming score
6488 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6778 points
7892 points
16% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6644 points
8110 points
22% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

185.87 points
268.08 points
44% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8527 points
5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
8088 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1771 points
60% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1102 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
20
150% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
40
150% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.9 GHz
95% significantly higher clock speed
2.00 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
27% slightly higher turbo speed
3.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W
19% slightly lower TDP
125 W

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
20 MiB
400% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
16% slightly more L3 cache
27.5 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

187th of 1,114
175th of 1,114

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop
Xeon Scalable

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 July
2017 August

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 7 3800XT vs Xeon Gold 6138 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon Gold 6138 performs better than the Ryzen 7 3800XT. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 3800XT has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon Gold 6138 has significantly more cores with 20 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 3800XT has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 3800XT. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 3800XT has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon Gold 6138. Also, the Ryzen 7 3800XT has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 3800XT CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon Gold 6138 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Xeon Gold 6138 has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 3800XT. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 3800XT has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Xeon Gold 6138.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 3800XT has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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