Intel Xeon Silver 4210R vs AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H

Compare Intel 2nd Generation Xeon Scalable 10 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen PRO 6000 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

6883 points
7135 points
3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5843 points
9019 points
54% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7219 points
10% slightly better multitasking score
6520 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7294 points
14% slightly better heavy workload score
6356 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

163.91 points
172.91 points
5% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6126 points
9559 points
56% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1087 points
1990 points
83% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

10
25% slightly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
25% slightly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz
3.30 GHz
37% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.2 GHz
4.9 GHz
53% significantly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

100 W
45 W
122% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

6
200% significantly more memory channels
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

199th of 1,089
183rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

2nd Generation Xeon Scalable
Ryzen PRO 6000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 February
2022 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
-

Xeon Silver 4210R vs Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H beats the Xeon Silver 4210R in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon Silver 4210R in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon Silver 4210R has slightly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon Silver 4210R. Also, the Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H has a significantly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H outputs less heat than Xeon Silver 4210R 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 Silver 4210R has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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