AMD Ryzen 9 9950X vs Intel Xeon w9-3495X

Compare AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 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

17229 points

17471 points

1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

15130 points

29% slightly better gaming score

11657 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

17969 points

19679 points

9% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

18272 points

21023 points

15% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

16731 points

24923 points

48% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

605.81 points

1145.63 points

89% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

21438 points

14% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

18656 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

3385 points

58% significantly 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

4.3 GHz

126% 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

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

7th of 1,099

6th of 1,099

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9000 Series

Xeon W

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 August

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 9950X vs Xeon w9-3495X benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon w9-3495X is faster than the Ryzen 9 9950X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 9950X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon w9-3495X has significantly more cores with 56 cores whereas the Ryzen 9 9950X has 16 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 9950X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 9950X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon w9-3495X. Also, the Ryzen 9 9950X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Xeon w9-3495X has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 9950X. The Xeon w9-3495X also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 9950X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.