Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 vs AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX

Compare Intel 12 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 16 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

5409 points
11380 points
110% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5325 points
10581 points
98% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5414 points
11723 points
116% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5392 points
11982 points
122% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7650 points
15023 points
96% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

164.10 points
538.07 points
227% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
32
33% slightly more threads

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

120 W
55 W
118% significantly lower TDP

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

303rd of 1,089
61st of 1,089

Family

The product line

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Ryzen 9000 Series

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

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DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

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Yes

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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