Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3 vs AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX

Compare Intel Xeon E5 v3 Family 14 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

5860 points
11380 points
94% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4866 points
10581 points
117% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6204 points
11723 points
88% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6340 points
11982 points
88% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

192.94 points
538.07 points
178% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14
16
14% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

28
32
14% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz
4% slightly higher clock speed
2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz
5.4 GHz
49% significantly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

145 W
55 W
163% 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

263rd of 1,089
61st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon E5 v3 Family
Ryzen 9000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 August
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1600
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

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Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
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Xeon E5-2697 v3 vs Ryzen 9 9955HX benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-2697 v3 beats the Ryzen 9 9955HX in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 9955HX has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 9 9955HX has slightly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Xeon E5-2697 v3 that has 14 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon E5-2697 v3. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2697 v3 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 9955HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 9955HX has a significantly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 9955HX outputs less heat than Xeon E5-2697 v3 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 Xeon E5-2697 v3 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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