First analysis of intel xeon w
Table of contents:
- Toms Hardware reviews the Intel Xeon W-3175X
- Intel Xeon W-3175X - Specifications
- Testing equipment
- Game performance results
- Rendering and compression tests
- Compression and encoding
- Mathematical calculations
- Conclusions
Intel Xeon W-3175X from Intel with 28 cores and 56 threads has just come out and we already have the first review of this processor that is shared by the people of Toms Hardware. This chip costs about $ 3, 000, a huge cost compared to the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX, which can be had for about $ 1, 800.
Toms Hardware reviews the Intel Xeon W-3175X
The company's existing Xeon W models have 18 cores and fit LGA 2066 sockets. However, this new chip requires a more advanced socket, the LGA 3641, which has not seen the light of day outside of hubs. data.
Testing equipment
For testing, an Asus ROG Dominus Extreme motherboard was used as a base along with two 1600W EVGA T2 power supplies to supply enough power to the entire setup, complete with 96GB of DDR4 RDIMM memory. The graphics card used is the EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 FE.
The processor seems to easily hit 4.6 GHz on all overclocked cores, so you will surely see the results with the overclocked chip as well.
Game performance results
First, let's see how this processor behaves in games, both real and synthetic.
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3DMark Fire Strike Physics (DX11) |
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| Core i9-9980XE @ 4.4 | 31988 |
| Xeon W-3175X @ 4.6 | 28887 |
| Core i9-9980XE | 28214 |
| Core i9-7960X | 26855 |
| Core i9-7980XE | 25477 |
| Xeon W-3175X | 25153 |
Games do not usually take advantage of as many cores, so the results in 3DMark do not surprise us, ranking below the i9-9980XE.
| Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation - 1080P Crazy Preset - Average FPS | |
| Core i9-9980XE @ 4.4 | 55.9 |
| Xeon W-3175X @ 4.6 | 55.8 |
| Xeon W-3175X | 53.6 |
| Core i9-9980XE | 51.4 |
| Core i9-7960X | 50.7 |
| Core i9-7900X | 49.8 |
One of the games that are not lacking in any comparison and is more of the same, below the i9-9980XE but above the i9-7960X and 7900X.
| GTA V - 1080P Ultra - Average FPS | |
| Core i9-9980XE @ 4.4 | 107.1 |
| Core i9-9900K | 106.6 |
| Xeon W-3175X @ 4.6 | 106.3 |
| Xeon W-3175X | 102.7 |
| Core i9-9980XE | 98.3 |
| Core i9-7980XE | 94.9 |
We can't say that the performance is 'bad' at all, being on par with an i9-9900K in this case. In general, it is a processor that measures up in games, despite the fact that today's titles do not take advantage of such a large number of cores.
Rendering and compression tests
This would be the terrain where the new member of the Xeon family is focused, let's see how it behaves, especially when compared to the Threadripper 2990WX.
| Cinebench R15 - Multi-core test | |
| Xeon W-3175X @ 4.6 | 6416 |
| TR 2990WX with PBO (Precision Boost) | 5840 |
| Xeon W-3175X | 5458 |
| TR 2990WX | 5175 |
| TR 2970WX with PBO | 4812 |
We see that it is placed above the AMD option, despite having fewer cores (28 vs 32) in Cinebench.
| Blender 2.78c - BMW Render - Less is better | |
| TR 2990WX with PBO | 5.11 |
| Xeon W-3175X @ 4.6 | 5.17 |
| Xeon W-3175X | 5.47 |
| TR 2990WX | 6.04 |
| TR 2970WX with PBO | 6.44 |
| I9 9980XE @ 4.4 | 8.26 |
Threadripper triumphs rendering in this application, but for a priceless difference compared to the new option from Intel.
| Video Editing - PCMark 10 - More is better | |
| TR 2990WX with PBO | 2796 |
| Core i9-9900K | 2580 |
| TR 2990WX | 2443 |
| Xeon W-3175X @ 4.6 | 2433 |
| I9 9980XE @ 4.4 | 2369 |
| Ryzen 7 2700X | 2320 |
In the video editing, Threadripper scores a win in the PCMark 10 test.
Compression and encoding
In the field of compression and coding, these are two tasks that we look at the most when evaluating the power of a processor, especially for workstations. Let's see the results it has obtained.
| 7 Zip - Multi-Core Compression | |
| Xeon W-3175X @ 4.6 | 93914 |
| Xeon W-3175X | 89559 |
| I9 9980XE @ 4.4 | 87743 |
| I9 9980XE | 76026 |
| I9 7980XE | 72663 |
| Core i9-7960X | 71864 |
| TR 2950X | 62963 |
Intel demonstrates its leadership in this test, the Threadrippers are far behind in this test.
| Handbrake - x264 encoding a 4.19GB MKV @ MP4 (Seconds) | |
| Xeon W-3175X @ 4.6 | 311 |
| Xeon W-3175X | 341 |
| I9 9980XE @ 4.4 | 408 |
| I9 9980XE | 439 |
| I9 7980XE | 466 |
| TR 2990WX with PBO | 573 |
Another triumph for the Intel platform in the video encoding test, the Threadripper 2990WX falls far short.
Mathematical calculations
| Calculix - Less is better (Seconds) | |
| Xeon W-3175X @ 4.6 | 61.79 |
| Xeon W-3175X | 74.01 |
| TR 2990WX with PBO | 78.86 |
| TR 2990WX | 88.07 |
| Monte Carlo - Less is better (Seconds) | |
| TR 2990WX with PBO | 9.81 |
| Xeon W-3175X @ 4.6 | 10.64 |
| TR 2990WX | 11.05 |
| Xeon W-3175X | 12.97 |
Finally, we can see that the Xeon wins in two tests that require mathematical calculations (Calculix, Monte Carlo).
Conclusions
Overall, the Intel Xeon W-3175X matched or beat the Threadripper 2990WX in most Toms Hardware tests, we recommend reading the full review. It is interesting that this processor comes with the multiplier unlocked to achieve very interesting frequencies, always bearing in mind that it is a 28-core processor with a node of 14 nm.
Working at full capacity, the entire team seems to consume around 700 W of power, so you need a very powerful power supply or add two in parallel.
Although in performance it seems to be an 'unbeatable' option, its price of $ 3, 000 at launch can end up opting users for the AMD Threadrippers, which cost almost half. What do you think?
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