Intel Xeon E5-2683 v4 vs AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX

Compare Intel Xeon E5 v4 Family 16 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 8 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

5909 points
10700 points
81% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5194 points
10758 points
107% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6150 points
10731 points
74% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6231 points
10842 points
74% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

200.55 points
458.15 points
128% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
Identical
16

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
Identical
32

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz
2.9 GHz
38% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3 GHz
5.3 GHz
76% significantly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

120 W
55 W
118% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

4
100% significantly more memory channels
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

259th of 1,089
75th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon E5 v4 Family
Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2016 February
2025 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1600
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
-

Xeon E5-2683 v4 vs Ryzen 9 8940HX comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2683 v4 is faster than the Ryzen 9 8940HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 8940HX has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2683 v4 has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 9 8940HX. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2683 v4 has 16 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 9 8940HX. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 8940HX. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 8940HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2683 v4. Also, the Ryzen 9 8940HX has a significantly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 8940HX outputs less heat than Xeon E5-2683 v4 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 E5-2683 v4 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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