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Intel Xeon w5-2465X vs AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q1/2023
Intel Xeon w5-2465X
Intel Xeon w5-2465X
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2023-02-28
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AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D

What's the best choice Intel Xeon w5-2465X or AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D? Which processor is faster?

Compare the available specifications of these models.

Intel Xeon w5-2465X has a base frequency of 3.10 GHz. 16 / 32 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 200 W. Released in Q1/2023.

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D has a base frequency of 4.2 GHz. 16 / 32 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 120 W. Released in 2023-02-28.

Differences

  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    8 left arrow place
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 35% better clock speed

    4.2 GHz left arrow 3.10 GHz
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 21 % higher specified turbo frequency

    5.7 GHz left arrow 4.70 GHz
  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    120 W left arrow 200 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    12 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    10 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    4 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    18 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    536 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    6 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
    3 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
    6 place

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Xeon w5-2465X Intel Xeon w5-2465X
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
CPU family and group

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

  • CPU group
    Intel Xeon W-2400 left arrow AMD Ryzen 7000
  • Family
    Intel Xeon W left arrow Ryzen
  • Generation
    12 left arrow 6
  • Predecessor
    Intel Xeon W-2265 left arrow -
  • 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
    3.1 GHz left arrow 4.2 GHz
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • Core Configuration
    16x left arrow 16x Zen 4
  • CPU Cores
    16 left arrow 16
  • CPU Threads
    32 left arrow 32
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow No
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    4.7 GHz left arrow 5.7 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (16 Cores)
    3.7 GHz left arrow 5 GHz
  • 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.

  • 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 7950X3D and Intel Xeon w5-2465X. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Max. Memory
    2048 GB left arrow 128 GB
  • Memory Bandwidth
    153.6 GB/s left arrow 83.2 GB/s
  • Memory channels
    4 (Quad Channel) left arrow 2
  • Memory type
    DDR5-4800 left arrow DDR5
  • PCIe
    5.0 x 64 left arrow PCIe 5.0
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Xeon w5-2465X and AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 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
    95 °C left arrow 89 °C
  • TDP (PL1 / PBP, legacy combined label)
    200 W left arrow 120 W
  • TDP (PL2)
    - left arrow 162 W
  • TDP up
    240 W left arrow -
  • Default TDP
    - left arrow 120 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Xeon w5-2465X and AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Sapphire Rapids-WS left arrow Raphael (Zen 4)
  • Chip design
    Monolithic left arrow Chiplet
  • Documents
    Technical data sheet left arrow Technical data sheet
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512, AMX left arrow SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512
  • L2-Cache
    - left arrow 16 MB
  • L3-Cache
    33.75 MB left arrow 128 MB
  • Operating systems
    Windows 11, Windows Server, Linux left arrow Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
  • Release date
    Q1/2023 left arrow 2023-02-28
  • Release price
    1389 $ left arrow -
  • Socket
    LGA 4677 left arrow AM5
  • Technology
    10 nm left arrow TSMC 5nm FinFET
  • Virtualization
    VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d, VT-rp, vPro Enterprise 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 w5-2465X

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D

More results: 10

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 7950X3D Cinebench R15 / multi-core 5974 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 4090
System RAM: 32 GB
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Cinebench R15 / single-core 326 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 4090
System RAM: 32 GB
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Cinebench R20 / multi-core 14188 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 4090
System RAM: 32 GB
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Cinebench R20 / single-core 795 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 4090
System RAM: 32 GB
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Cinebench R23 / multi-core 36291 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 4090
System RAM: 32 GB
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Cinebench R23 / single-core 2053 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 4090
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 / linux

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 21990.588028 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 32 threads / linux
System RAM: 64 GB
OS: Linux x86_64
Motherboard: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. / ROG STRIX B650E-F GAMING WIFI
Duration: 45.474 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

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