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Intel Xeon E5-2683 v4 vs AMD Ryzen 9 7950X. Specifications, performance, tests

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Intel Xeon E5-2683 v4
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AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

What's the best choice Intel Xeon E5-2683 v4 or AMD Ryzen 9 7950X? Which processor is faster?

Compare the available specifications of these models.

Intel Xeon E5-2683 v4 has a base frequency of 2.10 GHz. 16 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 120 W. Released in Q1/2016.

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X has a base frequency of 4.5 GHz. 16 / 32 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 170 W. Released in 2022-09-27.

Differences

  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    120 W left arrow 170 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Xeon E5-2683 v4 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    653 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    127 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    311 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    45 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    372 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    52 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    165 place
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    11 left arrow place
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 114% better clock speed

    4.5 GHz left arrow 2.10 GHz
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 90 % higher specified turbo frequency

    5.7 GHz left arrow 3.00 GHz

Positions in all rankings

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

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    17 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    12 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    14 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    20 place

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Xeon E5-2683 v4 Intel Xeon E5-2683 v4
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
CPU family and group

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

  • CPU group
    Intel Xeon E5 v4 left arrow AMD Ryzen 7000
  • Family
    Intel Xeon E5 left arrow Ryzen
  • Generation
    6 left arrow 5
  • Predecessor
    Intel Xeon E5-2683 v3 left arrow AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop
  • Form Factor
    - left arrow Desktops / Boxed Processor
  • Series
    - left arrow Ryzen 7000 Series
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
    2.1 GHz left arrow 4.5 GHz
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • CPU Cores
    16 left arrow 16
  • CPU Threads
    32 left arrow 32
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow Yes
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    3 GHz left arrow 5.5 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (16 Cores)
    2.5 GHz left arrow 5.2 GHz
  • Core Configuration
    - left arrow 16x
  • Max. Boost Clock
    - left arrow 5.7 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 Frequency
    - left arrow 2200 MHz
  • GPU name
    no iGPU left arrow AMD Radeon Graphics
  • GPU Turbo
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
  • Graphics Cores
    - left arrow 2
Hardware codec support

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 9 7950X and Intel Xeon E5-2683 v4. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Max. Memory
    - left arrow 256 GB
  • Memory channels
    4 left arrow 2
  • Memory type
    DDR4-2400 left arrow DDR5
  • PCIe lanes
    40 left arrow -
  • PCIe version
    3.0 left arrow -
  • Memory Bandwidth
    - left arrow 83.2 GB/s
  • PCIe
    - left arrow PCIe 5.0
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Xeon E5-2683 v4 and AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

  • Maximum Operating Temperature
    - left arrow 95 °C
  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    120 W left arrow 170 W
  • TDP (PL2)
    - left arrow 230 W
  • Default TDP
    - left arrow 170 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Xeon E5-2683 v4 and AMD Ryzen 9 7950X, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Broadwell E left arrow Raphael (Zen 4)
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 left arrow SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
  • L2-Cache
    - left arrow 16 MB
  • L3-Cache
    40 MB left arrow 64 MB
  • Release date
    Q1/2016 left arrow 2022-09-27
  • Socket
    LGA 2011-3 left arrow AM5
  • Technology
    14 nm left arrow TSMC 5nm FinFET
  • Virtualization
    VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d left arrow AMD-V, SVM
  • Codename
    - left arrow Raphael AM5

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.

Intel Xeon E5-2683 v4

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

More results: 9

Results with primary test sources

Published measurements are separate from the archived index. Incomplete conditions and unknown run counts do not support ranking positions or calculated performance differences.

Model TestResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Cinebench R15 / multi-core 6236 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 3090
System RAM: 32 GB
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Cinebench R15 / single-core 317 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 3090
System RAM: 32 GB
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Cinebench R20 / multi-core 14891 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 3090
System RAM: 32 GB
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Cinebench R20 / single-core 783 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 3090
System RAM: 32 GB
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Cinebench R23 / multi-core 38248 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 3090
System RAM: 32 GB
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Cinebench R23 / single-core 2017 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 3090
System RAM: 32 GB

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.

RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 32 threads / windows

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 20335.53635 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 32 threads / windows
System RAM: 32 GB
OS: Windows NT 10.0
Motherboard: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. / PRIME B650-PLUS
Duration: 49.175 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

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