AMD Ryzen 9 5900X vs Intel Xeon W-2155

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 12 core CPU vs Intel Xeon W 10 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Xeon W-2155

Price

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$ 269.00

$ 4987.00 significantly less expensive

$ 5256.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

9859 points

50% significantly better overall score

6561 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9924 points

33% slightly better gaming score

7452 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9836 points

57% significantly better multitasking score

6257 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9828 points

59% significantly better heavy workload score

6180 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

313.97 points

73% significantly higher Blender score

180.80 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11764 points

35% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

8684 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2141 points

55% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1373 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11794 points

35% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

8711 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2200 points

59% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1383 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

20% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz

12% slightly higher clock speed

3.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz

6% slightly higher turbo speed

4.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W

33% slightly lower TDP

140 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

94th of 1,089

216th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Desktop

Xeon W

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

DDR4-1600

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 W-2155 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 5900X is faster than the Xeon W-2155. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon W-2155 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 9 5900X has slightly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Xeon W-2155 that has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon W-2155. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 5900X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Xeon W-2155. Also, the Ryzen 9 5900X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 9 5900X CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon W-2155 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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