AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
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AMD Ryzen 9 3950X vs Intel Xeon D-1527. Specifications, performance, tests

Overall score
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Released
Q3/2019
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
Released
Q4/2015
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Intel Xeon D-1527
Intel Xeon D-1527

What's the best choice AMD Ryzen 9 3950X or Intel Xeon D-1527? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X has a maximum frequency of 3.50 GHz. 16 Cores. Power consumption of 105 W. Released in Q3/2019.

Intel Xeon D-1527 has a maximum frequency of 2.20 GHz. 4 / 8 Cores. Power consumption of 35 W. Released in Q4/2015.

Differences

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    57 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 37% better clock speed

    3.50 GHz left arrow 2.20 GHz
  • More number of cores

    12 times more cores

    16 left arrow 4
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 43% better overclocked clock speed

    4.70 GHz left arrow 2.70 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 9 3950X CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    160 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    45 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    115 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    35 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    71 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    24 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    272 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    105 place
  • Monero Hashrate kH/s
    19 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    10 place
  • Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
    179 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    65 place
  • CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)
    8 place
Intel Xeon D-1527 Reasons to consider
Intel Xeon D-1527
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    1184 left arrow score
  • Performance per watt

    About 0.33 times less performance per watt

    35 W left arrow 105 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Xeon D-1527 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    905 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    771 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    830 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
    219 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
Intel Xeon D-1527 Intel Xeon D-1527
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Family
    AMD Ryzen left arrow Intel Xeon D
  • Generation
    3 left arrow 1
  • CPU group
    AMD Ryzen 3000 left arrow Intel Xeon D-1500
  • Successor
    AMD Ryzen 9 5950X left arrow --
CPU Technical specs

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

  • Frequency
    3.50 GHz left arrow 2.20 GHz
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow No
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • GPU name
    no iGPU left arrow no iGPU
  • GPU (Turbo)
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h264
    No left arrow No
  • VP9
    No left arrow No
  • VP8
    No left arrow No
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    No left arrow No
  • VC-1
    No left arrow No
  • JPEG
    No left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Xeon D-1527 and AMD Ryzen 9 3950X. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR4-3200 left arrow DDR4-2133
  • Max. Memory
    128 GB left arrow 128 GB
  • ECC
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 9 3950X and Intel Xeon D-1527 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    105 W left arrow 35 W
  • TDP (PL2)
    142 W left arrow --
  • Tjunction max.
    95 °C left arrow --
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 9 3950X and AMD Ryzen 9 3950X, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V, SVM left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
  • L2-Cache
    -- left arrow 6.00 MB
  • L3-Cache
    64.00 MB left arrow --
  • Architecture
    Matisse (Zen 2) left arrow Broadwell
  • Technology
    7 nm left arrow 14 nm
  • Socket
    AM4 left arrow BGA 1667
  • Release date
    Q3/2019 left arrow Q4/2015

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD Ryzen 9 3950X and Intel Xeon D-1527.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
1310
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
714
Intel Xeon D-1527
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
14322
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
2963
Intel Xeon D-1527

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