AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
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AMD Ryzen 9 7950X vs Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q4/2022
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
Released
Q1/2016
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Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4
Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4

What's the best choice AMD Ryzen 9 7950X or Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4? Which processor is faster?

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

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X has a maximum frequency of 4.50 GHz. 16 / 32 Cores. Power consumption of 170 W. Released in Q4/2022.

Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4 has a maximum frequency of 2.20 GHz. 22 Cores. Power consumption of 145 W. Released in Q1/2016.

Differences

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    3 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 51% better clock speed

    4.50 GHz left arrow 2.20 GHz
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 35% better overclocked clock speed

    5.50 GHz left arrow 3.60 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 9 7950X CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    12 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    13 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    20 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    12 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    7 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    4 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    7 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    28 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    16 place
  • Blender 3.1 Benchmark
    3 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
    7 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
    12 place
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    455 left arrow score
  • More number of cores

    About 1.38 times more cores

    22 left arrow 16
  • Performance per watt

    About 0.85 times less performance per watt

    145 W left arrow 170 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    345 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    61 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    515 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    118 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    439 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    49 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    1052 place
  • Monero Hashrate kH/s
    38 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    101 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    4 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    534 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    14 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    186 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4 Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4
CPU family and group

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

  • Family
    AMD Ryzen left arrow Intel Xeon E5
  • CPU group
    AMD Ryzen 7000 left arrow Intel Xeon E5 v4
  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Generation
    5 left arrow 6
  • Predecessor
    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.

  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow No
  • Frequency
    4.50 GHz left arrow 2.20 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
    no iGPU left arrow no iGPU
  • GPU frequency
    -- left arrow
  • GPU (Turbo)
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
  • Execution units
    -- left arrow
  • Shader
    -- left arrow
  • Max. displays
    -- left arrow
  • Generation
    -- left arrow
  • Technology
    -- left arrow
  • Release date
    -- left arrow
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
  • VP8
    No left arrow No
  • VP9
    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 E5-2699 v4 and AMD Ryzen 9 7950X. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR5-5200 left arrow DDR4-2400
  • Max. Memory
    256 GB left arrow
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 4
  • ECC
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 9 7950X and Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    170 W left arrow 145 W
  • TDP (PL2)
    230 W left arrow --
  • Tjunction max.
    95 °C left arrow --
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 9 7950X and AMD Ryzen 9 7950X, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • 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
  • L2-Cache
    8.00 MB left arrow --
  • L3-Cache
    64.00 MB left arrow 55.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Raphael (Zen 4) left arrow Broadwell E
  • Technology
    5 nm left arrow 14 nm
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V, SVM left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
  • Socket
    AM5 left arrow LGA 2011-3
  • Release date
    Q4/2022 left arrow Q1/2016

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD Ryzen 9 7950X and Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Maxon's Cinebench R23 SC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading
1989
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
827
Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Maxon's Cinebench R23 MC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows using a multi-core and hyperthreading
38293
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
32623
Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4

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