AMD Ryzen 7 7700X vs Intel Xeon Gold 6140

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 8 core CPU vs Intel Xeon Scalable 18 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

10008 points
4% slightly better overall score
9575 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12170 points
97% significantly better gaming score
6158 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9291 points
10863 points
16% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9088 points
11703 points
28% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

281.95 points
9% slightly higher Blender score
256.88 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

15466 points
78% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
8683 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2977 points
167% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1111 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
18
125% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
36
125% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.50 GHz
96% significantly higher clock speed
2.30 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.4 GHz
45% significantly higher turbo speed
3.7 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

2
6
200% significantly more memory channels

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
18 MiB
125% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
29% slightly more L3 cache
24.75 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

89th of 1,089
98th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7
Xeon Scalable

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 September
2017 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
Yes

Ryzen 7 7700X vs Xeon Gold 6140 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 7700X is faster than the Xeon Gold 6140. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon Gold 6140 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon Gold 6140 has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 7700X. Indeed, the Xeon Gold 6140 has 18 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 7700X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 7700X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 7700X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon Gold 6140. Also, the Ryzen 7 7700X has a significantly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 7700X CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon Gold 6140 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 6140 has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 7700X. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 7700X has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Xeon Gold 6140.

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 7700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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