AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX vs Intel Xeon Gold 6140

Compare AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2000 Series 24 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

9951 points

3% slightly better overall score

9575 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7212 points

17% slightly better gaming score

6158 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

11058 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

10863 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11834 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

11703 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

397.75 points

54% significantly higher Blender score

256.88 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7241 points

8683 points

19% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1240 points

11% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1111 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz

30% slightly higher clock speed

2.30 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz

13% slightly higher turbo speed

3.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

250 W

140 W

78% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

49% significantly more memory channels

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

12 MiB

18 MiB

49% 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

91st of 1,089

98th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen Threadripper 2000 Series

Xeon Scalable

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 October

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 Threadripper 2970WX vs Xeon Gold 6140 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX is faster than the Xeon Gold 6140. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon Gold 6140 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX has slightly more cores with 24 cores compared to the Xeon Gold 6140 that has 18 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon Gold 6140. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon Gold 6140. Also, the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon Gold 6140 outputs less heat than Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Xeon Gold 6140 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX. Despite this, the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Xeon Gold 6140.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.