AMD Ryzen 9 3950X vs Intel Xeon Gold 6230

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 16 core CPU vs Intel 2nd Generation 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

9228 points
1% slightly better overall score
9125 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7460 points
29% slightly better gaming score
5766 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9844 points
10388 points
5% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10084 points
11200 points
11% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10665 points
38% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
7673 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1722 points
51% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1140 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
20
25% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
40
25% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz
67% significantly higher clock speed
2.10 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
20% slightly higher turbo speed
3.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W
19% slightly 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

8 MiB
20 MiB
150% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

64 MiB
132% significantly more L3 cache
27.5 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

109th of 1,114
114th of 1,114

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Desktop
2nd Generation Xeon Scalable

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 November
2019 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-2933

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 6230 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 3950X is faster than the Xeon Gold 6230. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon Gold 6230 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon Gold 6230 has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 9 3950X. Indeed, the Xeon Gold 6230 has 20 cores compared to 16 cores found in the Ryzen 9 3950X. 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 6230. Also, the Ryzen 9 3950X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 9 3950X CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon Gold 6230 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 6230 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 6230.

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

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