Xeon E5-2678 v3 vs Ryzen 9 9955HX specs and performance
In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-2678 v3 beats the Ryzen 9 9955HX in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 9955HX in all gaming tests too.
In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 9955HX has slightly more cores than the Xeon E5-2678 v3. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 9955HX has 16 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Xeon E5-2678 v3. It also has more threads than the Xeon E5-2678 v3. The Ryzen 9 9955HX outputs less heat than Xeon E5-2678 v3 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.
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 Xeon E5-2678 v3 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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