AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT vs Intel Xeon Gold 6140

Compare AMD Ryzen 5000 Series 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

9988 points

4% slightly better overall score

9575 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8856 points

43% significantly better gaming score

6158 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

10450 points

10863 points

3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10708 points

11703 points

9% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

367.23 points

42% significantly higher Blender score

256.88 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.30 GHz

43% 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

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

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

92nd of 1,124

101st of 1,124

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5000 Series

Xeon Scalable

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 July

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 5900XT vs Xeon Gold 6140 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 5900XT performs better than the Xeon Gold 6140. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon Gold 6140 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon Gold 6140 has slightly more cores with 18 cores whereas the Ryzen 9 5900XT has 16 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 5900XT. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 5900XT has a significantly higher clock speed than the Xeon Gold 6140. Also, the Ryzen 9 5900XT has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 9 5900XT 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 5900XT. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 5900XT 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 5900XT has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.