AMD Ryzen 9 7900X vs Intel Xeon w3-2425. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Family
  AMD Ryzen 9 Intel Xeon W
• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 7000 Intel Xeon W-2400
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Generation
  6 12
• Predecessor
  AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Intel Xeon W-2225

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.

• CPU Cores / Threads
  12 / 24 6 / 12
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• Cores
  12x 6x
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Frequency
  4.70 GHz 3.00 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  5.60 GHz 4.40 GHz

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
  AMD Radeon Graphics (Raphael) no iGPU
• GPU frequency
  0.40 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  2.20 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  2
• Shader
  128
• Max. GPU Memory
  8 GB --
• Max. displays
  3
• Generation
  9
• Direct X
  12 --
• Technology
  5 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2022

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h264
  Decode / Encode No
• VP8
  Decode / Encode No
• VP9
  Decode / Encode No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Xeon w3-2425 and AMD Ryzen 9 7900X. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR5-5200 DDR5-4400
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 2048 GB
• Memory channels
  2 (Dual Channel) 4 (Quad Channel)
• Bandwidth
  83.2 GB/s 140.8 GB/s
• ECC
  Yes Yes
• PCIe
  5.0 x 24 5.0 x 64
• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 9 7900X and Intel Xeon w3-2425 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL2)
  230 W --
• TDP up
  -- 156 W
• Tjunction max.
  95 °C 83 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 9 7900X and AMD Ryzen 9 7900X, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Technology
  5 nm 10 nm
• Chip design
  Chiplet Monolithic
• Socket
  AM5 (LGA 1718) LGA 4677
• L2-Cache
  12.00 MB --
• L3-Cache
  64.00 MB 15.00 MB
• Architecture
  Raphael (Zen 4) Sapphire Rapids-WS
• Operating systems
  Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Windows 11, Windows Server, Linux
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d, VT-rp, vPro Enterprise
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512, AMX
• Release date
  Q4/2022 Q1/2023
• Release price
  549 $ 529 $
• Part Number
  100-100000589WOF --
• Documents
  Technical data sheet Technical data sheet