AMD Ryzen 9 3950X vs Intel Xeon Gold 6140

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 16 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

9228 points
9575 points
3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7460 points
21% slightly better gaming score
6158 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9844 points
10863 points
10% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10084 points
11703 points
16% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

371.88 points
44% significantly higher Blender score
256.88 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10665 points
22% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
8683 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1722 points
54% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1111 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
18
12% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
36
12% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz
52% significantly higher clock speed
2.30 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
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

64 MiB
158% significantly more L3 cache
24.75 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

105th of 1,089
98th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Desktop
Xeon Scalable

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 November
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 9 3950X vs Xeon Gold 6140 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon Gold 6140 is faster than the Ryzen 9 3950X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 3950X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon Gold 6140 has slightly more cores with 18 cores compared to the Ryzen 9 3950X that has 16 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 3950X. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 3950X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Xeon Gold 6140. Also, the Ryzen 9 3950X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 9 3950X 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 cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Xeon Gold 6140 has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 3950X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 3950X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Xeon Gold 6140.

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 9 3950X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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