Comparison of Intel Core i9-9960X and Intel Xeon W-3235

Attribute	Intel Core i9-9960X ×	Intel Xeon W-3235 ×
General Information
Brand	Intel	Intel
Series	Intel Core i9	Intel Xeon W
Model	Intel Core i9-9960X	Intel Xeon W-3235
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
CPU Cores	16	12
Frequency (GHz)	3.1	3.3
CPU Threads	32	24
Core architecture	normal	normal
Hyperthreading	+	+
Overclocking	+	-
Turbo (1 Core) (GHz)	4.5	4.5
Turbo (12 Cores) (GHz)	-	4
Turbo (16 Cores) (GHz)	4.1	-
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	DDR4-2933
Max. Memory (GB)	128	1,024
PCIe lanes	44	64
PCIe version	3.0	3.0
ECC	-	+
Memory channels	4	6
Technical details
Release date (year)	2018	2019
Technology (Nm)	14	14
Socket	LGA 2066	LGA 3647
Virtualization	vt-d vt-x vt-x ept	vpro vt-d vt-x vt-x ept
L3-Cache (MB)	22	19
Architecture	Skylake	Cascade Lake SP
Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
Thermal Management
Temp junction max (°C)	92	-
TDP (PL1) (W)	165	180
Benchmarks
Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark	28,124	25,745
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)	1,158	1,096
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)	14,314	11,996
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)	200	-
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)	2,872	-
Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)	457	424
Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)	6,671	5,742
Blender 2.81 (bmw27)	104.3	-