Intel Xeon W7-3455 Sapphire Rapids Workstation 24-Core CPU Tested, Slower Than 24-Core Threadripper 5965WX

Intel’s Sapphire Rapids Xeon Workstation CPUs are headed for an official unveiling on the 15th of February and we have more benchmark leaks.

Intel Xeon W7-3455 “Sapphire Rapids” Workstation CPU Loses To AMD Threadripper 5965WX With The Same Core Count In V-Ray Benchmark

The Intel Xeon W7-3455 CPU will be part of the Xeon W-3400 Sapphire Rapids workstation chips which will be targeting the premium workstation segment. The specific chip relies entirely on its Golden Cove cores which total 24 along with 48 threads. The CPU should have a base clock of 2.5 GHz and a boost clock of up to 4.8 GHz. The CPU will also incorporate 67.5 MB of L3 cache and an 8-channel IMC. TDP is expected to be rated at 270W.

Those are some decent specifications and the chip was tested within the V-Ray 5 benchmark. The Intel Xeon W7-3455 “Sapphire Rapids” workstation CPU scored 26,175 points. The score looks a bit underwhelming compared to AMD’s Threadripper PRO 5965WX which has the same 24 cores and 48 threads (Zen 3 architecture) but is able to score 30,700 points or 17% higher performance. This makes me think that the Xeon chip might be an early sample considering it even loses to the Core i9-13900K which is able to score 28,907 points.

Intel Xeon W7-3455 Sapphire Rapids Workstation CPU Benchmark (V-Ray 5)
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Threaddripper 5965WX
30.7k
Ryzen 9 7950X
29.2k
Core i9-13900K
28.9k
Xeon W7-3455
26.2k

It could also be the case of a poorly optimized clock operation on the Intel Xeon W7-3455 Sapphire Rapids workstation CPU but it looks like we have to wait and see. For now, we know that Intel has plans to officially unveil the lineup on the 15th of February followed by a launch in March. Reviews are expected by the end of this month so we will definitely have more information at hand before the chips hit retail.

Intel Sapphire Rapids-WS Xeon Workstation CPU Lineup Specs:

CPU NameArchitectureProcess NodeCores / ThreadsBase ClockMax BoostL3 CacheMemory SupportMax PCIe Gen5 LanesTDP
Xeon W9-3495XGolden Cove (MCM)10nm ESF ‘Intel 7’56/1121.9 GHz4.8 GHz105 MB8-Channel DDR5112 Gen 5350W
Xeon W9-3475XGolden Cove (MCM)10nm ESF ‘Intel 7’36/722.2 GHz4.8 GHz82.5 MB8-Channel DDR5112 Gen 5300W
Xeon W7-3465XGolden Cove (MCM)10nm ESF ‘Intel 7’28/562.5 GHz4.8 GHz75.0 MB8-Channel DDR5112 Gen 5300W
Xeon W7-3455Golden Cove (MCM)10nm ESF ‘Intel 7’24/482.5 GHz4.8 GHz67.5 MB8-Channel DDR5112 Gen 5270W
Xeon W7-3445Golden Cove (MCM)10nm ESF ‘Intel 7’20/402.6 GHz4.8 GHz52.5 MB8-Channel DDR5112 Gen 5270W
Xeon W5-3435XGolden Cove (MCM)10nm ESF ‘Intel 7’16/322.1 GHz4.7GHz45.0 MB8-Channel DDR5112 Gen 5270W
Xeon W5-3433Golden Cove (MCM)10nm ESF ‘Intel 7’16/322.0 GHz4.2 GHz45.0 MB8-Channel DDR5112 Gen 5220W
Xeon W5-3425Golden Cove (MCM)10nm ESF ‘Intel 7’12/243.2 GHz4.6 GHz30.0 MB8-Channel DDR5112 Gen 5270W
Xeon W5-3423Golden Cove (MCM)10nm ESF ‘Intel 7’12/242.1 GHz4.2 GHz30.0 MB8-Channel DDR5112 Gen 5220W
Xeon W7-2495XGolden Cove (Mono)10nm ESF ‘Intel 7’24/482.5 GHz4.8 GHz45.0 MB4-Channel DDR564 Gen 5225W
Xeon W7-2475XGolden Cove (Mono)10nm ESF ‘Intel 7’20/402.6 GHz4.8 GHz37.5 MB4-Channel DDR564 Gen 5225W
Xeon W5-2465XGolden Cove (Mono)10nm ESF ‘Intel 7’16/323.1 GHz4.7GHz33.7 MB4-Channel DDR564 Gen 5200W
Xeon W5-2445XGolden Cove (Mono)10nm ESF ‘Intel 7’12/243.2 GHz4.6 GHz30.0 MB4-Channel DDR564 Gen 5200W
Xeon W5-2445Golden Cove (Mono)10nm ESF ‘Intel 7’10/203.1 GHz4.6 GHz26.2 MB4-Channel DDR564 Gen 5175W
Xeon W5-2435Golden Cove (Mono)10nm ESF ‘Intel 7’8/163.1 GHz4.5 GHz22.5 MB4-Channel DDR564 Gen 5165W
Xeon W3-2425Golden Cove (Mono)10nm ESF ‘Intel 7’6/123.0 GHz4.4 GHz15.0 MB4-Channel DDR564 Gen 5130W
Xeon W3-2423Golden Cove (Mono)10nm ESF ‘Intel 7’6/62.1 GHz4.2 GHz15.0 MB4-Channel DDR564 Gen 5110W

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