Intel Xeon w9-3495X vs AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D

Last updated: 2024-01-09

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Xeon w9-3495X		AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
CPU comparison Intel Xeon w9-3495X or AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D - 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 Ryzen 9 7950X3D has 16 cores with 32 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 5.70 GHz. The CPU supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D was released in Q1/2023.

Intel Xeon W (83)	Family	AMD Ryzen 9 (35)
Intel Xeon W-3400 (8)	CPU group	AMD Ryzen 7000 (14)
12	Generation	6
Sapphire Rapids-WS	Architecture	Raphael (Zen 4)
Desktop / Server	Segment	Desktop / Server
--	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	--

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 Ryzen 9 7950X3D has 16 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 4.20 GHz (5.70 GHz).
Intel Xeon w9-3495X	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
56	Cores	16
112	Threads	32
normal	Core architecture	normal
Yes	Hyperthreading	Yes
Yes	Overclocking ?	No
1.90 GHz	Frequency	4.20 GHz
4.80 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	5.70 GHz
2.90 GHz	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	5.00 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 Ryzen 9 7950X3D
--	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	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	No
No	Codec AVC	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VC-1	Decode
No	Codec JPEG	Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe The Intel Xeon w9-3495X supports a maximum of 4096 GB of memory in 8 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D can connect up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
Intel Xeon w9-3495X	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
DDR5-4800	Memory	DDR5-5200
4096 GB	Max. Memory	128 GB
8 (Octa Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
307.2 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	83.2 GB/s
Yes	ECC	Yes
--	L2 Cache	16.00 MB
105.00 MB	L3 Cache	128.00 MB
5.0	PCIe version	5.0
112	PCIe lanes	24
441.1 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	94.5 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 Ryzen 9 7950X3D is 120 W.
Intel Xeon w9-3495X	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
350 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	120 W
--	TDP (PL2)	162 W
420 W	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
99 °C	Tjunction max.	89 °C
Technical details The Intel Xeon w9-3495X has a 105.00 MB cache, while the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D cache has a total of 144.00 MB.
Intel Xeon w9-3495X	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
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	AM5 (LGA 1718)
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
5889 $	Release price	--

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

Intel Xeon w9-3495X (83%)

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 4 CPU benchmarks

Intel Xeon w9-3495X (100%)

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D (59%)

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 56C 112T @ 4.80 GHz	1795 (88%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16C 32T @ 5.70 GHz	2043 (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 w9-3495X 56C 112T @ 2.90 GHz	72560 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16C 32T @ 5.00 GHz	38581 (53%)

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 56C 112T @ 4.80 GHz	1734 (78%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16C 32T @ 5.70 GHz	2223 (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 56C 112T @ 2.90 GHz	56911 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16C 32T @ 5.00 GHz	23460 (41%)

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 56C 112T @ 4.80 GHz	2370 (82%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16C 32T @ 5.70 GHz	2906 (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 w9-3495X 56C 112T @ 2.90 GHz	26114 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16C 32T @ 5.00 GHz	19479 (75%)

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 56C 112T @ 2.90 GHz	98245 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16C 32T @ 5.00 GHz	64125 (65%)

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 w9-3495X 56C 112T @ 4.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16C 32T @ 5.70 GHz	121 (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 w9-3495X 56C 112T @ 4.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16C 32T @ 5.70 GHz	2108 (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 w9-3495X 56C 112T @ 4.80 GHz	686 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16C 32T @ 5.70 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 56C 112T @ 2.90 GHz	27725 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16C 32T @ 5.00 GHz	0 (0%)

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 w9-3495X @ 0.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D AMD Radeon Graphics (Raphael) @ 2.20 GHz	563 (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 w9-3495X 56C 112T @ 4.80 GHz	258 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16C 32T @ 5.70 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 56C 112T @ 2.90 GHz	9965 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16C 32T @ 5.00 GHz	0 (0%)

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 w9-3495X 1.90 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 38,581 CB R23 MC @ 136 W	284 (100%)

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