AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 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

7413 points
7502 points
1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9003 points
38% slightly better gaming score
6488 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6890 points
7892 points
14% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6746 points
8110 points
20% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

207.23 points
268.08 points
29% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9706 points
20% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
8088 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2147 points
94% 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

3.40 GHz
70% significantly higher clock speed
2.00 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
24% slightly higher turbo speed
3.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
92% significantly lower TDP
125 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
6
200% significantly more memory channels

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

182nd 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

2022 April
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 5700X vs Xeon Gold 6138 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon Gold 6138 performs better than the Ryzen 7 5700X. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 5700X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon Gold 6138 has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 5700X. Indeed, the Xeon Gold 6138 has 20 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 5700X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 5700X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5700X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon Gold 6138. Also, the Ryzen 7 5700X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 5700X CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon Gold 6138 CPU because of its significantly 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 5700X. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 5700X has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Xeon Gold 6138.

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 5700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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