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The AMD chip scored 2,655 in single-threaded Geekbench 6 benchmarking versus 2,302 achieved by Intel’s Xeon W9-3495X CPU.

AMD vs Intel: What’s the best CPU for professionals?

AMD Ryzen Threadripper CPU

This is alongside PCIe 5.0 connectivity and eight memory channels with support for DDR5 RAM of up to 5,200MT/s.

It also has support for eight channels of memory and can support DDR5 RAM but only up to 4,800MT/s.

Nevertheless, Intel was once the undisputed performance championfor workstations and servers, with AMD something of an underdog.

It can also handle workloads that are typically handled by servers.

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