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Intel Xeon Gold 6130 vs AMD Ryzen 9 7900X. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q3/2017
Intel Xeon Gold 6130
Intel Xeon Gold 6130
Released
2022-09-27
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AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

What's the best choice Intel Xeon Gold 6130 or AMD Ryzen 9 7900X? Which processor is faster?

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

Intel Xeon Gold 6130 has a base frequency of 2.10 GHz. 16 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 125 W. Released in Q3/2017.

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X has a base frequency of 4.7 GHz. 12 / 24 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 170 W. Released in 2022-09-27.

Differences

  • More number of cores

    4 more cores

    16 left arrow 12
  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    125 W left arrow 170 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Xeon Gold 6130 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    413 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    79 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    306 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    99 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    141 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    62 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    127 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    54 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    157 place
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    21 left arrow place
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 124% better clock speed

    4.7 GHz left arrow 2.10 GHz
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 51 % higher specified turbo frequency

    5.6 GHz left arrow 3.70 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 9 7900X CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    13 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    23 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    13 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    18 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    2 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    10 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    3 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    23 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    536 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    11 place

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Xeon Gold 6130 Intel Xeon Gold 6130
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
CPU family and group

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

  • CPU group
    Intel Xeon Gold 5100/6100 left arrow AMD Ryzen 7000
  • Family
    Intel Xeon Gold left arrow Ryzen
  • Generation
    1 left arrow 6
  • Predecessor
    - left arrow AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
  • 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 4.7 GHz
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • CPU Cores
    16 left arrow 12
  • CPU Threads
    32 left arrow 24
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow Yes
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    3.7 GHz left arrow 5.6 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (16 Cores)
    2.6 GHz left arrow -
  • Core Configuration
    - left arrow 12x
  • Max. Boost Clock
    - left arrow 5.6 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (12 Cores)
    - left arrow 5.4 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.

  • DirectX Version
    - left arrow 12
  • Execution units
    - left arrow 2
  • Generation
    - left arrow 9
  • GPU Frequency
    - left arrow 2200 MHz
  • GPU name
    no iGPU left arrow AMD Radeon Graphics
  • GPU Turbo
    No turbo left arrow 2200 MHz
  • Max. displays
    - left arrow 3
  • Max. GPU Memory
    - left arrow 8 GB
  • Release date
    - left arrow Q3/2022
  • Shader
    - left arrow 128
  • Technology
    - left arrow 5 nm
  • 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 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 / Encode
  • VP9
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 9 7900X and Intel Xeon Gold 6130. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Max. Memory
    - left arrow 128 GB
  • Memory channels
    6 left arrow 2
  • Memory type
    DDR4-2666 left arrow DDR5
  • PCIe lanes
    48 left arrow -
  • PCIe version
    3.0 left arrow -
  • Memory Bandwidth
    - left arrow 83.2 GB/s
  • PCIe
    - left arrow 5.0 x 24
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Xeon Gold 6130 and AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 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)
    125 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 Gold 6130 and AMD Ryzen 9 7900X, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Skylake 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, AVX-512 left arrow SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512
  • L2-Cache
    - left arrow 12 MB
  • L3-Cache
    22 MB left arrow 64 MB
  • Part Number
    - left arrow 100-100000589WOF
  • Release date
    Q3/2017 left arrow 2022-09-27
  • Socket
    LGA 3647 left arrow AM5
  • Technology
    14 nm left arrow TSMC 5nm FinFET
  • Virtualization
    VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d left arrow AMD-V, SVM
  • Chip design
    - left arrow Chiplet
  • Codename
    - left arrow Raphael AM5
  • Documents
    - left arrow Technical data sheet
  • Operating systems
    - left arrow Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
  • Release price
    - left arrow 549 $

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 Gold 6130

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

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 7900X Cinebench R15 / multi-core 4856 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 3090
System RAM: 32 GB
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Cinebench R15 / single-core 324 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 3090
System RAM: 32 GB
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Cinebench R20 / multi-core 11563 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 3090
System RAM: 32 GB
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Cinebench R20 / single-core 786 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 3090
System RAM: 32 GB
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Cinebench R23 / multi-core 29480 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 3090
System RAM: 32 GB
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Cinebench R23 / single-core 2039 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 / 24 threads / windows

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 16626.209557 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 24 threads / windows
System RAM: 32 GB
OS: Windows NT 10.0
Motherboard: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. / TUF GAMING B650-PLUS WIFI
Duration: 60.146 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between Intel Xeon Gold 6130 and AMD Ryzen 9 7900X.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted.

Recent models: test results with identified primary sources — Cinebench R23 · Cinebench R20 · Cinebench R15 · Cinebench 2026 · RandomX benchmark

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R20 SC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading

Higher values are better in this metric.

309.000000
Intel Xeon Gold 6130
781.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R20 MC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, using a multi-core and hyperthreading

Higher values are better in this metric.

5386.000000
Intel Xeon Gold 6130
11572.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
The Cinebench R15 SC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware

Higher values are better in this metric.

161.000000
Intel Xeon Gold 6130
325.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
The Cinebench R15 MC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware

Higher values are better in this metric.

2296.000000
Intel Xeon Gold 6130
4848.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
PassMark is a test suite that performs complex mathematical calculations to determine CPU performance on file compression, encryption and physics-related tasks

Higher values are better in this metric.

19643.000000
Intel Xeon Gold 6130
52031.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

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