Intel Xeon W-2123 vs AMD Ryzen 5 7520U

Compare Intel Xeon W 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 4 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

3091 points
3147 points
1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5120 points
2% slightly better gaming score
4989 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2483 points
2595 points
4% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2382 points
2494 points
4% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

64.80 points
0.51% slightly higher Blender score
64.47 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4345 points
17% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
3685 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1198 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1171 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
Identical
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
28% slightly higher clock speed
2.80 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz
4.3 GHz
10% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

120 W
15 W
700% 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

526th of 1,089
518th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon W
Ryzen 5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 August
2022 September

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1600
LPDDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
-

Xeon W-2123 vs Ryzen 5 7520U specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 7520U beats the Xeon W-2123 in overall performance. Despite this, the Xeon W-2123 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon W-2123 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 7520U. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7520U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 7520U outputs less heat than Xeon W-2123 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Xeon W-2123 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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