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Xeon W3520 vs Ryzen 9 7950X

Xeon W3520 vs Ryzen 9 7950X: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Ryzen 9 7950X outperforms Xeon W3520 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 W3520.

Advantages of Intel Xeon W3520

  • Consumes up to 24% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 7950X - 130 vs 170 Watts

Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

  • Performs up to 153% better in Counter-Strike 2 than Xeon W3520 - 582 vs 230 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Xeon W3520 - 32 vs 8 threads
  • Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Xeon W3520 doesn't have integrated graphics
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Counter-Strike 2

Counter-Strike 2

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Very High

Intel Xeon W3520 Logo
Xeon W3520

Server/Workstation • Mar 30th, 2009


FPS

230

40%

Value, $/FPS

Price, $

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Logo
Ryzen 9 7950X

Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022


FPS

582

100%

Value, $/FPS

$0.86/FPS

100%

Price, $

$500

100%

FPS and Value Winner

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

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Updated 73 minutes ago

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Using the selected game parameters

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Very High

Intel Xeon W3520 Logo
Xeon W3520

Server/Workstation • Mar 30th, 2009

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Logo
Ryzen 9 7950X

Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Xeon W3520 Logo
Xeon W3520

Server/Workstation • Mar 30th, 2009


Single-Core

413

14%

Multi-Core

1395

7%

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Logo
Ryzen 9 7950X

Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022


Single-Core

2938

100%

Multi-Core

19293

100%

Intel Xeon W3520 Logo

Intel Xeon W3520

vs
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Logo

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

Mar 30th, 2009Release Date
Sep 27th, 2022
XeonCollectionRyzen 9
BloomfieldCodenameRaphael
Intel Socket 1366SocketAMD Socket AM5
Server
Segment
Desktop
4Cores
16
8Threads
32
2.7 GHzBase Clock Speed
4.5 GHz
2.9 GHzTurbo Clock Speed
5.7 GHz
130 W
TDP170 W
45 nmProcess Size
5 nm
20.0xMultiplier
45.0x
NoneIntegrated Graphics
Radeon Graphics
NoOverclockable
Yes

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