AMD Ryzen 9 7950X vs Intel Xeon w9-3495X

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 16 core CPU vs Intel Xeon W 56 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

16669 points

17471 points

4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

14068 points

20% slightly better gaming score

11657 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

17588 points

19679 points

11% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

17965 points

21023 points

17% slightly better heavy workload score

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3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

15917 points

24923 points

56% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

568.01 points

1145.63 points

101% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

19297 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

18656 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2976 points

39% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

2140 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

250% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

112

250% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.5 GHz

137% significantly higher clock speed

1.90 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.7 GHz

18% slightly higher turbo speed

4.8 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

112

366% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

300% significantly more memory channels

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

16 MiB

112 MiB

599% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

64 MiB

105 MiB

64% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

11th of 1,089

6th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Desktop

Xeon W

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 September

2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5

DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Ryzen 9 7950X vs Xeon w9-3495X specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon w9-3495X performs better than the Ryzen 9 7950X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7950X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon w9-3495X has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 9 7950X. Indeed, the Xeon w9-3495X has 56 cores compared to 16 cores found in the Ryzen 9 7950X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 7950X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 7950X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon w9-3495X. Also, the Ryzen 9 7950X has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Xeon w9-3495X has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 9 7950X. The Xeon w9-3495X also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 7950X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.