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Xeon E5540 vs Ryzen 9 7950X

Xeon E5540 vs Ryzen 9 7950X: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Ryzen 9 7950X outperforms Xeon E5540 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 9 7950X is 4929 days newer than Xeon E5540.

Advantages of Xeon E5540

  • Consumes up to 53% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 7950X - 80 vs 170 Watts

Advantages of Ryzen 9 7950X

  • Performs up to 40% better in Sea of Thieves than Xeon E5540 - 282 vs 201 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Xeon E5540 - 32 vs 8 threads
  • Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Xeon E5540 doesn't have integrated graphics
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Sea of Thieves

Sea of Thieves

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Mythical

Intel Xeon E5540 Logo
Xeon E5540

Server/Workstation • Mar 30th, 2009


FPS

201

71%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Logo
Ryzen 9 7950X

Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022


FPS

282

100%

Value, €/FPS

€1.59/FPS

100%

Price, €

€449.55

100%

FPS and Value Winner

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core, 32-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor

Buy for 449.55 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 243 minutes ago

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With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Mythical

Intel Xeon E5540 Logo
Xeon E5540

Server/Workstation • Mar 30th, 2009

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Logo
Ryzen 9 7950X

Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Xeon E5540 Logo
Xeon E5540

Server/Workstation • Mar 30th, 2009


Single-Core

371

13%

Multi-Core

1553

8%

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Logo
Ryzen 9 7950X

Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022


Single-Core

2938

100%

Multi-Core

19293

100%

Intel Xeon E5540 Logo

Xeon E5540

vs
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Logo

Ryzen 9 7950X

Mar 30th, 2009Release Date
Sep 27th, 2022
XeonCollectionRyzen 9
Nehalem-EPCodenameRaphael
Intel Socket 1366SocketAMD Socket AM5
Server
Segment
Desktop
4Cores
16
8Threads
32
2.5 GHzBase Clock Speed
4.5 GHz
2.8 GHzTurbo Clock Speed
5.7 GHz
80 W
TDP170 W
45 nmProcess Size
5 nm
19.0xMultiplier
45.0x
NoneIntegrated Graphics
Radeon Graphics
NoOverclockable
Yes

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