Intel Xeon W-2125 vs Intel Xeon E3-1505M v6

Compare Intel Xeon W 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E3 v6 Family 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

3067 points

3071 points

0.13% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5663 points

14% slightly better gaming score

4949 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2337 points

2514 points

7% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2241 points

2413 points

7% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

72.99 points

24% slightly higher Blender score

58.48 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4853 points

29% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

3744 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1323 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1220 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4933 points

37% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3576 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1360 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1243 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4 GHz

33% slightly higher clock speed

3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz

12% slightly higher turbo speed

4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

120 W

45 W

166% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

200% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

512 GiB

700% significantly more supported memory

64 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

532nd of 1,089

528th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon W

Xeon E3 v6 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 August

2017 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1600

DDR4-2400

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Xeon W-2125 vs Xeon E3-1505M v6 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E3-1505M v6 is faster than the Xeon W-2125. Despite this, the Xeon W-2125 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. Our comparison shows that the Xeon W-2125 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E3-1505M v6. Also, the Xeon W-2125 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon E3-1505M v6 outputs less heat than Xeon W-2125 thanks to a significantly 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-2125 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.