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AMD Ryzen 9 5950X vs Intel Xeon W-1350. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
2020-11-05
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
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Q2/2021
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Intel Xeon W-1350
Intel Xeon W-1350

What's the best choice AMD Ryzen 9 5950X or Intel Xeon W-1350? Which processor is faster?

Compare the available specifications of these models.

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X has a base frequency of 3.4 GHz. 16 / 32 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 105 W. Released in 2020-11-05.

Intel Xeon W-1350 has a base frequency of 3.30 GHz. 6 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 80 W. Released in Q2/2021.

Differences

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
Report a bug
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    24 left arrow place
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 3% better clock speed

    3.4 GHz left arrow 3.30 GHz
  • More number of cores

    10 more cores

    16 left arrow 6

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 9 5950X CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    50 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    25 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    32 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    23 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    10 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    12 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    97 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    32 place
  • Monero Hashrate kH/s
    18 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    15 place
Intel Xeon W-1350 Reasons to consider
Intel Xeon W-1350
Report a bug
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 2 % higher specified turbo frequency

    5.00 GHz left arrow 4.9 GHz
  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    80 W left arrow 105 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Xeon W-1350 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    476 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
Intel Xeon W-1350 Intel Xeon W-1350
CPU family and group

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

  • CPU group
    AMD Ryzen 5000 left arrow Intel Xeon W-1300
  • Family
    Ryzen left arrow Intel Xeon W
  • Form Factor
    Desktops / Boxed Processor left arrow -
  • Generation
    4 left arrow 11
  • Predecessor
    AMD Ryzen 9 3950X left arrow -
  • Segment
    Desktop left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Series
    Ryzen 5000 Series left arrow -
CPU Technical specs

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

  • Base Frequency
    3.4 GHz left arrow 3.3 GHz
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • CPU Cores
    16 left arrow 6
  • CPU Threads
    32 left arrow 12
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Max. Boost Clock
    4.9 GHz left arrow -
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow No
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    4.9 GHz left arrow 5 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (16 Cores)
    4.2 GHz left arrow -
  • Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
    - left arrow 4.2 GHz
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
    None left arrow Intel UHD Graphics P750
  • DirectX Version
    - left arrow 12
  • Execution units
    - left arrow 32
  • Generation
    - left arrow 12
  • GPU Frequency
    - left arrow 350 MHz
  • GPU Turbo
    - left arrow 1300 MHz
  • Max. displays
    - left arrow 3
  • Release date
    - left arrow Q2/2021
  • Shader
    - left arrow 256
  • Technology
    - left arrow 14 nm
Hardware codec support

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

  • AV1
    No left arrow Decode
  • H.264 / AVC
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • JPEG
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VC-1
    No left arrow Decode
  • VP8
    No left arrow Decode
  • VP9
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Xeon W-1350 and AMD Ryzen 9 5950X. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Max. Memory
    128 GB left arrow 128 GB
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • Memory type
    DDR4 left arrow DDR4-3200
  • PCIe
    PCIe 4.0 left arrow -
  • PCIe lanes
    20 left arrow 20
  • PCIe version
    4.0 left arrow 4.0
  • System Memory Specification
    3200 left arrow -
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 9 5950X and Intel Xeon W-1350 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

  • Default TDP
    105 W left arrow -
  • Maximum Operating Temperature
    90 °C left arrow 100 °C
  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    105 W left arrow 80 W
  • TDP (PL2)
    142 W left arrow -
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 9 5950X and Intel Xeon W-1350, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Vermeer (Zen 3) left arrow Rocket Lake S
  • Codename
    Vermeer left arrow -
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
  • L2-Cache
    8 MB left arrow 12 MB
  • L3-Cache
    64 MB left arrow -
  • Release date
    2020-11-05 left arrow Q2/2021
  • Socket
    AM4 left arrow LGA 1200
  • Technology
    TSMC 7nm FinFET left arrow 14 nm
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V, SVM left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs
Individual model tests

These results have no shared test of both models with the same version and settings. They are shown separately without a percentage difference.

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

More results: 10

Intel Xeon W-1350

Individual system tests

Results were obtained on the reported systems. Test versions and settings remain separate; incomplete conditions do not support calculated model performance differences.

Cinebench 2026 / single core with SMT

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 511 points System: 5950X, RX 7900 GRE, 32 GB
CPU / power label: 5950X, RX 7900 GRE, 32 GB
Source minimum runtime: 0 minutes.
Exact test build and complete conditions are unreported; no ranking position.

Cinebench 2024 / multiple threads

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 1625 points System: Ryzen 9 5950X, 64 GB
CPU / power label: Ryzen 9 5950X, 64 GB
Source minimum runtime: 0 minutes.
Exact test build and complete conditions are unreported; no ranking position.

Cinebench 2024 / single thread

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 102 points System: Ryzen 9 5950X, 64 GB
CPU / power label: Ryzen 9 5950X, 64 GB
Source minimum runtime: 0 minutes.
Exact test build and complete conditions are unreported; no ranking position.

Cinebench R23 / multiple threads

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 28782 points System: CB: Ryzen 9 5950X @ Stock
CPU / power label: CB: Ryzen 9 5950X @ Stock
Exact test build and complete conditions are unreported; no ranking position.

Cinebench R23 / single thread

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 1684 points System: CB: Ryzen 9 5950X @ Stock
CPU / power label: CB: Ryzen 9 5950X @ Stock
Exact test build and complete conditions are unreported; no ranking position.

Cinebench R20 / multiple threads

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 10435 points System: CB: Ryzen 9 5950X @Stock
CPU / power label: CB: Ryzen 9 5950X @Stock
Exact test build and complete conditions are unreported; no ranking position.

Cinebench R20 / single thread

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 649 points System: CB: Ryzen 9 5950X @Stock
CPU / power label: CB: Ryzen 9 5950X @Stock
Exact test build and complete conditions are unreported; no ranking position.

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