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Xeon W3520 vs Ryzen 9 5950X

Xeon W3520 vs Ryzen 9 5950X: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Ryzen 9 5950X 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 5950X is 4238 days newer than Xeon W3520.

Advantages of Ryzen 9 5950X

  • Performs up to 28% better in Sea of Thieves than Xeon W3520 - 260 vs 203 FPS
  • Consumes up to 19% less energy than Intel Xeon W3520 - 105 vs 130 Watts
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Xeon W3520 - 32 vs 8 threads
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Sea of Thieves

Sea of Thieves

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Mythical

Intel Xeon W3520 Logo
Xeon W3520

Server/Workstation • Mar 30th, 2009


FPS

203

78%

Value, $/FPS

Price, $

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Logo
Ryzen 9 5950X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020


FPS

260

100%

Value, $/FPS

$1.33/FPS

100%

Price, $

$345

100%

FPS and Value Winner

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-core, 32-thread unlocked desktop processor

Buy for $345 on Amazon

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Updated 264 minutes ago

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Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

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Intel Xeon W3520 Logo
Xeon W3520

Server/Workstation • Mar 30th, 2009

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Logo
Ryzen 9 5950X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Xeon W3520 Logo
Xeon W3520

Server/Workstation • Mar 30th, 2009


Single-Core

413

19%

Multi-Core

1395

11%

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Logo
Ryzen 9 5950X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020


Single-Core

2189

100%

Multi-Core

12159

100%

Intel Xeon W3520 Logo

Xeon W3520

vs
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Logo

Ryzen 9 5950X

Mar 30th, 2009Release Date
Nov 5th, 2020
XeonCollectionRyzen 9
BloomfieldCodenameVermeer
Intel Socket 1366SocketAMD Socket AM4
Server
Segment
Desktop
4Cores
16
8Threads
32
2.7 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.4 GHz
2.9 GHzTurbo Clock Speed
4.9 GHz
130 WTDP
105 W
45 nmProcess Size
7 nm
20.0xMultiplier
34.0x
NoneIntegrated GraphicsNone
NoOverclockable
Yes

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