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AMD Ryzen 9 3900X vs Intel Xeon Gold 6144. Specifications, performance, tests

Overall score
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Released
Q3/2019
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
Released
Q3/2017
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Intel Xeon Gold 6144
Intel Xeon Gold 6144

What's the best choice AMD Ryzen 9 3900X or Intel Xeon Gold 6144? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X has a maximum frequency of 3.80 GHz. 12 / 24 Cores. Power consumption of 105 W. Released in Q3/2019.

Intel Xeon Gold 6144 has a maximum frequency of 3.50 GHz. 8 Cores. Power consumption of 150 W. Released in Q3/2017.

Differences

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    381 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 8% better clock speed

    3.80 GHz left arrow 3.50 GHz
  • More number of cores

    4 times more cores

    12 left arrow 8
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 9% better overclocked clock speed

    4.60 GHz left arrow 4.20 GHz
  • Performance per watt

    times less performance per watt

    105 W left arrow 150 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 9 3900X CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    180 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    64 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    140 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    56 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    80 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    56 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    309 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    142 place
  • Monero Hashrate kH/s
    25 place
  • Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
    173 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    1304 place
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    165 left arrow score

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Xeon Gold 6144 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    274 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    159 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    201 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    167 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    43 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    99 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    24 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    83 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    252 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
Intel Xeon Gold 6144 Intel Xeon Gold 6144
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • Family
    AMD Ryzen left arrow Intel Xeon Gold
  • CPU group
    AMD Ryzen 3000 left arrow Intel Xeon Gold 5100/6100
  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Generation
    3 left arrow 1
  • Successor
    AMD Ryzen 9 5900X left arrow --
CPU Technical specs

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow No
  • Frequency
    3.80 GHz left arrow 3.50 GHz
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • GPU name
    no iGPU left arrow no iGPU
  • GPU frequency
    -- left arrow
  • GPU (Turbo)
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
  • Execution units
    -- left arrow
  • Shader
    -- left arrow
  • Max. displays
    -- left arrow
  • Generation
    -- left arrow
  • Technology
    -- left arrow
  • Release date
    -- left arrow
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h264
    No left arrow No
  • VP8
    No left arrow No
  • VP9
    No left arrow No
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    No left arrow No
  • VC-1
    No left arrow No
  • JPEG
    No left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Xeon Gold 6144 and AMD Ryzen 9 3900X. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR4-3200 left arrow DDR4-2666
  • Max. Memory
    128 GB left arrow
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 6
  • ECC
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 9 3900X and Intel Xeon Gold 6144 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    105 W left arrow 150 W
  • TDP (PL2)
    142 W left arrow --
  • Tjunction max.
    95 °C left arrow --
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 9 3900X and AMD Ryzen 9 3900X, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
  • L2-Cache
    6.00 MB left arrow --
  • L3-Cache
    64.00 MB left arrow 25.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Matisse (Zen 2) left arrow Skylake
  • Technology
    7 nm left arrow 14 nm
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V, SVM left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
  • Socket
    AM4 left arrow LGA 3647
  • Release date
    Q3/2019 left arrow Q3/2017

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD Ryzen 9 3900X and Intel Xeon Gold 6144.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R20 SC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading
502
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
426
Intel Xeon Gold 6144
Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R20 MC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, using a multi-core and hyperthreading
6954
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
4283
Intel Xeon Gold 6144
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
The Cinebench R15 SC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware
214
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
184
Intel Xeon Gold 6144
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
The Cinebench R15 MC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware
3168
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
1775
Intel Xeon Gold 6144
Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
PassMark is a test suite that performs complex mathematical calculations to determine CPU performance on file compression, encryption and physics-related tasks
31947
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
19667
Intel Xeon Gold 6144

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