Intel Xeon W-2125 vs Intel Core i3-N305

Compare Intel Xeon W 4 core CPU vs Intel 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

3067 points

10% slightly better overall score

2781 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5663 points

29% slightly better gaming score

4373 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2337 points

2% slightly better multitasking score

2279 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2241 points

3% slightly better heavy workload score

2166 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

72.99 points

67% significantly higher Blender score

43.57 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4933 points

17% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

4208 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1360 points

18% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1145 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4 GHz

122% significantly higher clock speed

1.8 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz

18% slightly higher turbo speed

3.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

120 W

15 W

700% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

433% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

300% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

512 GiB

3100% significantly more supported memory

16 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

532nd of 1,089

573rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon W

Core i3 N-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 August

2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1600

DDR4-3200

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Xeon W-2125 vs Core i3-N305 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-N305 beats the Xeon W-2125 in overall performance. Despite this, the Xeon W-2125 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i3-N305 has significantly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Xeon W-2125 has 4 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon W-2125 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-N305.

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-2125 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.