Intel Core i9-7900X vs Intel Xeon W-3225. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 7000X Intel Xeon W-2200/3200
• Family
  Intel Core i9 Intel Xeon W
• Generation
  7 7
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server

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

• Base Frequency
  3.3 GHz 3.7 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  10 8
• CPU Threads
  20 16
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.3 GHz 4.4 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (10 Cores)
  4 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  - 4.2 GHz

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 no iGPU
• Graphics verification source
  https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000027144/processors/intel-core-processors.html -
• GPU Turbo
  - No turbo

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

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  No No
• VC-1
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Xeon W-3225 and Intel Core i9-7900X. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No Yes
• Max. Memory
  - 1024 GB
• Memory channels
  4 6
• Memory type
  DDR4-2666 DDR4-2666
• PCIe lanes
  44 64
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i9-7900X and Intel Xeon W-3225 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  140 W 160 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i9-7900X and Intel Xeon W-3225, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Skylake X Cascade Lake W
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
• L3-Cache
  14 MB 16.5 MB
• Release date
  Q2/2017 Q2/2019
• Socket
  LGA 2066 LGA 3647
• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d