AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX vs Intel Xeon W-2155

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Mobile 8 core CPU vs Intel Xeon W 10 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

6264 points
6561 points
4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7696 points
3% slightly better gaming score
7452 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5820 points
6257 points
7% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5710 points
6180 points
8% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

175.52 points
180.80 points
3% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7263 points
8684 points
19% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1794 points
30% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1373 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7587 points
8711 points
14% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1845 points
33% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1383 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
10
25% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
20
25% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz
Identical
3.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed
4.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
211% significantly lower TDP
140 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

239th of 1,089
216th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Mobile
Xeon W

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 January
2017 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR4-1600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
Yes

Ryzen 9 5900HX vs Xeon W-2155 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon W-2155 is faster than the Ryzen 9 5900HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 5900HX has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon W-2155 has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 9 5900HX. Indeed, the Xeon W-2155 has 10 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 9 5900HX. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 5900HX. Both the Ryzen 9 5900HX and Xeon W-2155 have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 5900HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 9 5900HX CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon W-2155 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5900HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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