AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D vs Intel Xeon w9-3495X

Ryzen 9 9900X3D vs Xeon w9-3495X specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Xeon w9-3495X beats the Ryzen 9 9900X3D in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 9900X3D 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 9900X3D. Indeed, the Xeon w9-3495X has 56 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Ryzen 9 9900X3D. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 9900X3D. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 9900X3D has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon w9-3495X. Also, the Ryzen 9 9900X3D has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Xeon w9-3495X has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 9900X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 9900X3D has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Xeon w9-3495X.

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 9900X3D has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.