Intel Xeon W-2123 vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X

Compare Intel Xeon W 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO Desktop 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

3091 points
3588 points
16% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5120 points
5548 points
8% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2483 points
2965 points
19% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2382 points
2883 points
21% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

64.80 points
137.16 points
111% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4215 points
6064 points
43% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1172 points
29% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
903 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4345 points
5310 points
22% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1198 points
11% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1071 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
8
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
16
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
5% slightly higher clock speed
3.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed
3.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

120 W
95 W
26% slightly 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
476th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon W
Ryzen 7 PRO Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 August
2017 June

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1600
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
-

Xeon W-2123 vs Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X is faster than the Xeon W-2123. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon W-2123 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X has significantly more cores than the Xeon W-2123. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X has 8 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Xeon W-2123. It also has more threads than the Xeon W-2123. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon W-2123 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X. Also, the Xeon W-2123 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X outputs less heat than Xeon W-2123 thanks to a slightly 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 W-2123 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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