Comparison of AMD Ryzen 5 3500X and Intel Xeon W-2123

Attribute	AMD Ryzen 5 3500X ×	Intel Xeon W-2123 ×
General Information
Brand	AMD	Intel
Series	AMD Ryzen	Intel Xeon W
Model	AMD Ryzen 5 3500X	Intel Xeon W-2123
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
CPU Cores	6	4
Frequency (GHz)	3.6	3.6
CPU Threads	6	8
Core architecture	normal	normal
Hyperthreading	-	+
Overclocking	+	-
Turbo (1 Core) (GHz)	4.1	3.9
Turbo (4 Cores) (GHz)	-	3.9
Turbo (6 Cores) (GHz)	4	-
Encryption
AES-NI	+	+
Hardware codec support
JPEG	No	No
h264	No	No
h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No	No
h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No	No
VP8	No	No
AV1	No	No
VC-1	No	No
VP9	No	No
AVC	No	No
Memory And PCIe
Memory type	-	DDR4-2666
Max. Memory (GB)	-	512
PCIe lanes	20	48
PCIe version	4.0	3.0
ECC	+	+
Memory channels	2	4
Technical details
Release date (year)	2019	2017
Technology (Nm)	7	14
Socket	AM4	LGA 2066
Virtualization	amd-v sev	vpro vt-d vt-x vt-x ept
L3-Cache (MB)	32	8
Architecture	Zen 2	Cascade Lake SP
Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
Thermal Management
Temp junction max (°C)	95	-
TDP (PL1) (W)	65	120
Benchmarks
Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark	16,110	10,669
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)	1,169	953
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)	5,311	4,077
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)	188	166
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)	1,129	805
Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)	464	-
Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)	2,652	-