Intel Xeon w5-3435X vs AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX

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Intel Xeon w5-3435X CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX
Intel Xeon w5-3435X AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX

CPU comparison

Intel Xeon w5-3435X or AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Intel Xeon w5-3435X has 16 cores with 32 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.70 GHz. Up to 4096 GB of memory is supported in 8 memory channels. The Intel Xeon w5-3435X was released in Q1/2023.

The AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX has 16 cores with 32 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 5.20 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX was released in Q1/2023.
Intel Xeon W (83) Family AMD Ryzen 9 (40)
Intel Xeon W-3400 (8) CPU group AMD Ryzen 7045 (6)
12 Generation 6
Sapphire Rapids-WS Architecture Dragon Range (Zen 4)
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
Intel Xeon W-3335 Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Xeon w5-3435X has 16 CPU cores and can calculate 32 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon w5-3435X is 3.10 GHz (4.70 GHz) while the AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX has 16 CPU cores and 32 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX is at 2.40 GHz (5.20 GHz).

Intel Xeon w5-3435X Characteristic AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX
16 Cores 16
32 Threads 32
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
Yes Overclocking ? Yes
3.10 GHz Frequency 2.40 GHz
4.70 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 5.20 GHz
3.70 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

Intel Xeon w5-3435X Characteristic AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The Intel Xeon w5-3435X or AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

no iGPU GPU AMD Radeon 610M
GPU frequency 0.40 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 2.20 GHz
-- GPU Generation 9
Technology 6 nm
Max. displays 3
-- Compute units 2
-- Shader 128
No Hardware Raytracing Yes
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 610M
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

The Intel Xeon w5-3435X can use up to 4096 GB of memory in 8 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 307.2 GB/s. The AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 83.2 GB/s.

Intel Xeon w5-3435X Characteristic AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX
DDR5-4800 Memory DDR5-5200
4096 GB Max. Memory 64 GB
8 (Octa Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
307.2 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 83.2 GB/s
Yes ECC No
-- L2 Cache 16.00 MB
45.00 MB L3 Cache 64.00 MB
5.0 PCIe version 5.0
112 PCIe lanes 28
441.1 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 110.3 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Xeon w5-3435X is 270 W, while the AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX has a TDP of 55 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Xeon w5-3435X Characteristic AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX
270 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 55 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
324 W TDP up 75 W
-- TDP down --
98 °C Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Xeon w5-3435X is manufactured in 10 nm and has 45.00 MB cache. The AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX is manufactured in 5 nm and has a 80.00 MB cache.

Intel Xeon w5-3435X Characteristic AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX
10 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, AMX ISA extensions SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512
LGA 4677 Socket FL1
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d, VT-rp, vPro Enterprise Virtualization AMD-V, SVM
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 11, Windows Server, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q1/2023 Release date Q1/2023
1589 $ Release price --
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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 w5-3435X Intel Xeon w5-3435X
16C 32T @ 4.70 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX
16C 32T @ 5.20 GHz
1864 (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 w5-3435X Intel Xeon w5-3435X
16C 32T @ 3.70 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX
16C 32T @ 2.40 GHz
33370 (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 w5-3435X Intel Xeon w5-3435X
16C 32T @ 4.70 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX
16C 32T @ 5.20 GHz
2691 (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 w5-3435X Intel Xeon w5-3435X
16C 32T @ 3.70 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX
16C 32T @ 2.40 GHz
15792 (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 w5-3435X Intel Xeon w5-3435X
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX
AMD Radeon 610M @ 2.20 GHz
443 (100%)

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