AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D vs Intel Xeon Gold 6154

Compare AMD 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

11476 points
11777 points
2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

13660 points
79% significantly better gaming score
7626 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

10738 points
13340 points
24% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10522 points
14351 points
36% slightly better heavy workload score

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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

4.7 GHz
57% significantly higher clock speed
2.99 GHz

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

96 MiB
287% significantly more L3 cache
24.75 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

60th of 1,099
55th of 1,099

Family

The product line

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Xeon Scalable

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

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2017 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

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DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

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No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

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Yes

Ryzen 7 9850X3D vs Xeon Gold 6154 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon Gold 6154 is faster than the Ryzen 7 9850X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 9850X3D has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon Gold 6154 has significantly more cores with 18 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 9850X3D that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 9850X3D. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 9850X3D has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon Gold 6154. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Xeon Gold 6154 has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 9850X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 9850X3D has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Xeon Gold 6154.

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 9850X3D has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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