Intel Xeon E-2378 vs AMD Ryzen 9 7900

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Intel Xeon E-2378 CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD Ryzen 9 7900
Intel Xeon E-2378 AMD Ryzen 9 7900

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the Intel Xeon E-2378 and the AMD Ryzen 9 7900 and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the Intel Xeon E-2378 8 core processor released in Q3/2021 with the AMD Ryzen 9 7900 which has 12 CPU cores and was introduced in Q1/2023.
Intel Xeon E (44) Family AMD Ryzen 9 (35)
Intel Xeon E-2300 (10) CPU group AMD Ryzen 7000 (14)
3 Generation 6
Rocket Lake S Architecture Raphael (Zen 4)
Desktop / Server Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor AMD Ryzen 9 5900
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Xeon E-2378 is a 8 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.60 GHz (4.80 GHz). The processor can compute 16 threads at the same time. The AMD Ryzen 9 7900 clocks with 3.70 GHz (5.40 GHz), has 12 CPU cores and can calculate 24 threads in parallel.

Intel Xeon E-2378 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 9 7900
8 Cores 12
16 Threads 24
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? Yes
2.60 GHz Frequency 3.70 GHz
4.80 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 5.40 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 4.70 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

Intel Xeon E-2378 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 9 7900
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

Graphics (iGPU) integrated into the processor not only enable image output without having to rely on a dedicated graphics solution, but can also efficiently accelerate video playback.

no iGPU GPU AMD Radeon Graphics (Raphael)
GPU frequency 0.40 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 2.20 GHz
-- GPU Generation 9
Technology 5 nm
Max. displays 3
-- Compute units 2
-- Shader 128
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 8 GB
-- DirectX Version 12

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

no iGPU GPU AMD Radeon Graphics (Raphael)
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 Decode
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

Up to 128 GB of memory in a maximum of 2 memory channels is supported by the Intel Xeon E-2378, while the AMD Ryzen 9 7900 supports a maximum of 128 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 83.2 GB/s enabled.

Intel Xeon E-2378 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 9 7900
DDR4-3200 Memory DDR5-5200
128 GB Max. Memory 128 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
51.2 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 83.2 GB/s
No ECC Yes
4.00 MB L2 Cache 12.00 MB
16.00 MB L3 Cache 64.00 MB
4.0 PCIe version 5.0
20 PCIe lanes 24
39.4 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 94.5 GB/s

Thermal Management

The Intel Xeon E-2378 has a TDP of 65 W. The TDP of the AMD Ryzen 9 7900 is 65 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

Intel Xeon E-2378 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 9 7900
65 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 65 W
-- TDP (PL2) 88 W
-- TDP up 170 W
-- TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. 95 °C

Technical details

The Intel Xeon E-2378 has 20.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 14 nm. The cache of AMD Ryzen 9 7900 is at 76.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 5 nm.

Intel Xeon E-2378 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 9 7900
14 nm Technology 5 nm
Monolithic Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 ISA extensions SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512
LGA 1200 Socket AM5 (LGA 1718)
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization AMD-V, SVM
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q3/2021 Release date Q1/2023
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Xeon E-2378 (81%)
AMD Ryzen 9 7900 (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Xeon E-2378 (51%)
AMD Ryzen 9 7900 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Xeon E-2378 Intel Xeon E-2378
8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz
1821 (83%)
AMD Ryzen 9 7900 AMD Ryzen 9 7900
12C 24T @ 5.40 GHz
2206 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Xeon E-2378 Intel Xeon E-2378
8C 16T @ 2.60 GHz
9986 (47%)
AMD Ryzen 9 7900 AMD Ryzen 9 7900
12C 24T @ 4.70 GHz
21140 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Xeon E-2378 Intel Xeon E-2378
8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz
2185 (78%)
AMD Ryzen 9 7900 AMD Ryzen 9 7900
12C 24T @ 5.40 GHz
2798 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Xeon E-2378 Intel Xeon E-2378
8C 16T @ 2.60 GHz
9124 (54%)
AMD Ryzen 9 7900 AMD Ryzen 9 7900
12C 24T @ 4.70 GHz
16832 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Intel Xeon E-2378 Intel Xeon E-2378
8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 7900 AMD Ryzen 9 7900
12C 24T @ 5.40 GHz
116 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Intel Xeon E-2378 Intel Xeon E-2378
8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 7900 AMD Ryzen 9 7900
12C 24T @ 5.40 GHz
1632 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Xeon E-2378 Intel Xeon E-2378
8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 7900 AMD Ryzen 9 7900
12C 24T @ 5.40 GHz
1964 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Xeon E-2378 Intel Xeon E-2378
8C 16T @ 2.60 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 7900 AMD Ryzen 9 7900
12C 24T @ 4.70 GHz
28905 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Xeon E-2378 Intel Xeon E-2378
8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 7900 AMD Ryzen 9 7900
12C 24T @ 5.40 GHz
764 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Xeon E-2378 Intel Xeon E-2378
8C 16T @ 2.60 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 7900 AMD Ryzen 9 7900
12C 24T @ 4.70 GHz
11088 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Xeon E-2378 Intel Xeon E-2378
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 7900 AMD Ryzen 9 7900
AMD Radeon Graphics (Raphael) @ 2.20 GHz
563 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Xeon E-2378 Intel Xeon E-2378
8C 16T @ 2.60 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 7900 AMD Ryzen 9 7900
12C 24T @ 4.70 GHz
49250 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Xeon E-2378 Intel Xeon E-2378
8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 7900 AMD Ryzen 9 7900
12C 24T @ 5.40 GHz
314 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Xeon E-2378 Intel Xeon E-2378
8C 16T @ 2.60 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 7900 AMD Ryzen 9 7900
12C 24T @ 4.70 GHz
4796 (100%)

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)

Efficiency of the processor under full load in the Cinebench R23 (multi-core) benchmark. The benchmark result is divided by the average energy required (CPU package power in watts). The higher the value, the more efficient the CPU is under full load.
Intel Xeon E-2378 Intel Xeon E-2378
2.60 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 7900 AMD Ryzen 9 7900
28,905 CB R23 MC @ 90 W
321 (100%)

Devices using this processor

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