Intel Xeon w9-3495X vs AMD EPYC 9174F

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Intel Xeon w9-3495X CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD EPYC 9174F
Intel Xeon w9-3495X AMD EPYC 9174F

CPU comparison

Intel Xeon w9-3495X or AMD EPYC 9174F - 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 w9-3495X has 56 cores with 112 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.80 GHz. Up to 4096 GB of memory is supported in 8 memory channels. The Intel Xeon w9-3495X was released in Q1/2023.

The AMD EPYC 9174F has 16 cores with 32 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.40 GHz. The CPU supports up to 6144 GB of memory in 12 memory channels. The AMD EPYC 9174F was released in Q4/2022.
Intel Xeon W (83) Family AMD EPYC (129)
Intel Xeon W-3400 (8) CPU group AMD EPYC 9004 (21)
12 Generation 4
Sapphire Rapids-WS Architecture Genoa / Genoa-X (Zen 4)
Desktop / Server Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor AMD EPYC 9175F

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Xeon w9-3495X is a 56 core processor with a clock frequency of 1.90 GHz (4.80 GHz). The AMD EPYC 9174F has 16 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 4.10 GHz (4.40 GHz).

Intel Xeon w9-3495X Characteristic AMD EPYC 9174F
56 Cores 16
112 Threads 32
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
Yes Overclocking ? No
1.90 GHz Frequency 4.10 GHz
4.80 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 4.40 GHz
2.90 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 4.15 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 w9-3495X Characteristic AMD EPYC 9174F
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.

no iGPU GPU no iGPU
GPU frequency --
-- GPU (Turbo) --
-- GPU Generation --
Technology
Max. displays
-- Compute units --
-- Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory --
-- DirectX Version --

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 no iGPU
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
No Codec h264 No
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC No
No Codec VC-1 No
No Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Xeon w9-3495X supports a maximum of 4096 GB of memory in 8 memory channels. The AMD EPYC 9174F can connect up to 6144 GB of memory in 12 memory channels.

Intel Xeon w9-3495X Characteristic AMD EPYC 9174F
DDR5-4800 Memory DDR5-4800
4096 GB Max. Memory 6144 GB
8 (Octa Channel) Memory channels 12
307.2 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 460.8 GB/s
Yes ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache 16.00 MB
105.00 MB L3 Cache 256.00 MB
5.0 PCIe version 5.0
112 PCIe lanes 128
441.1 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 504.1 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Xeon w9-3495X has a TDP of 350 W, that of the AMD EPYC 9174F is 320 W.

Intel Xeon w9-3495X Characteristic AMD EPYC 9174F
350 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 320 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
420 W TDP up 400 W
-- TDP down --
99 °C Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Xeon w9-3495X has a 105.00 MB cache, while the AMD EPYC 9174F cache has a total of 272.00 MB.

Intel Xeon w9-3495X Characteristic AMD EPYC 9174F
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 SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512, BFLOAT16, VNNI
LGA 4677 Socket SP5
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 Server 2022, Linux, Windows 11
Q1/2023 Release date Q4/2022
5889 $ Release price 3850 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Xeon w9-3495X (99%)
AMD EPYC 9174F (98%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Xeon w9-3495X (100%)
AMD EPYC 9174F (46%)

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 w9-3495X Intel Xeon w9-3495X
56C 112T @ 4.80 GHz
1734 (98%)
AMD EPYC 9174F AMD EPYC 9174F
16C 32T @ 4.40 GHz
1764 (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 w9-3495X Intel Xeon w9-3495X
56C 112T @ 2.90 GHz
56911 (100%)
AMD EPYC 9174F AMD EPYC 9174F
16C 32T @ 4.15 GHz
22864 (40%)

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 w9-3495X Intel Xeon w9-3495X
56C 112T @ 4.80 GHz
2370 (100%)
AMD EPYC 9174F AMD EPYC 9174F
16C 32T @ 4.40 GHz
2286 (96%)

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 w9-3495X Intel Xeon w9-3495X
56C 112T @ 2.90 GHz
26114 (100%)
AMD EPYC 9174F AMD EPYC 9174F
16C 32T @ 4.15 GHz
13687 (52%)

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 w9-3495X Intel Xeon w9-3495X
56C 112T @ 4.80 GHz
1795 (100%)
AMD EPYC 9174F AMD EPYC 9174F
16C 32T @ 4.40 GHz
0 (0%)

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 w9-3495X Intel Xeon w9-3495X
56C 112T @ 2.90 GHz
72560 (100%)
AMD EPYC 9174F AMD EPYC 9174F
16C 32T @ 4.15 GHz
0 (0%)

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 w9-3495X Intel Xeon w9-3495X
56C 112T @ 4.80 GHz
686 (100%)
AMD EPYC 9174F AMD EPYC 9174F
16C 32T @ 4.40 GHz
0 (0%)

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 w9-3495X Intel Xeon w9-3495X
56C 112T @ 2.90 GHz
27725 (100%)
AMD EPYC 9174F AMD EPYC 9174F
16C 32T @ 4.15 GHz
0 (0%)

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 w9-3495X Intel Xeon w9-3495X
56C 112T @ 2.90 GHz
98245 (100%)
AMD EPYC 9174F AMD EPYC 9174F
16C 32T @ 4.15 GHz
0 (0%)

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 w9-3495X Intel Xeon w9-3495X
56C 112T @ 4.80 GHz
258 (100%)
AMD EPYC 9174F AMD EPYC 9174F
16C 32T @ 4.40 GHz
0 (0%)

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 w9-3495X Intel Xeon w9-3495X
56C 112T @ 2.90 GHz
9965 (100%)
AMD EPYC 9174F AMD EPYC 9174F
16C 32T @ 4.15 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Xeon w9-3495X AMD EPYC 9174F
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