AMD Ryzen 9 5900X vs Intel Xeon Gold 6140

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 12 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

9859 points
2% slightly better overall score
9575 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9924 points
61% significantly better gaming score
6158 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9836 points
10863 points
10% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9828 points
11703 points
19% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

313.97 points
22% slightly higher Blender score
256.88 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11794 points
35% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
8683 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2200 points
98% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1111 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
18
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
36
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz
61% significantly higher clock speed
2.30 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz
29% 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

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

6 MiB
18 MiB
200% 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

94th 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

2020 May
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 5900X vs Xeon Gold 6140 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 5900X 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.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon Gold 6140 has significantly more cores with 18 cores compared to the Ryzen 9 5900X that has 12 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 5900X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 5900X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon Gold 6140. Also, the Ryzen 9 5900X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 9 5900X 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. In terms of cache, the Xeon Gold 6140 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 9 5900X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 5900X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Xeon Gold 6140.

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 5900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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