Synthetic Benchmarks
Please keep in mind that with these synthetic benchmarks, the differences between the AMD and Intel platforms, as it relates to CPU, will make the results seem somewhat incomparable. We are also looking at how these scores correlate to expected results and will comment on where things do not appear to be the norm for any given platform.
PCMark 10
Starting the ceremonies with PCMark 10, we find the XMP mode on the Intel platform to yield 9887 PCMarks with the Lexar ARES RGB DDR5 32GB (2x16GB) 6000MHz Memory which was improved through the overclocking by 3.4%. The EXPO side of things did not fare as well with the 7900X and we also noted the SSD in that system may have been a factor in the lower score.
Geekbench 6 (Multicore)
New to our testing suite is Geekbench 6, which is precisely one version higher than Geekbench 5 which it replaced. The XMP flavor of the Lexar ARES RGB DDR5 32GB (2x16GB) 6000MHz Memory yielded a score of 20152 which bested the efforts of the EXPO version on the AMD platform which came in at 18009. Overclocking the Lexar ARES RGB DDR5 32GB (2x16GB) 6000MHz Memory boosted performance by 1.7%.
Geekbench 6 (Singlecore)
On the single core front in Geekbench 6, we saw the stock XMP configuration take the lead at 2966 and the EXPO version rang up 2925 points. Overclocking yielded a slightly slower result than XMP at 2941 which you’ll see is a common theme throughout the rest of our testing.
AIDA64 Memory Read
On the Intel 13900K platform, the XMP configuration pushed 92100 MB/s of data on the memory read test, which bested the AMD 7900X at 76916 MB/s of read throughput. This is a common difference between the two platforms. Overclocking the Lexar ARES RGB DDR5 32GB (2x16GB) 6000MHz Memory pushed its read capability up by 6.7%.
AIDA64 Memory Write
When it comes to writing memory, the Intel XMP setup pulled off 82415 MB/s which was faster than the AMD EXPO setup at 77598 MB/s. Overclocking yielded a decent gain at 87215 MB/s.
AIDA64CPU Queen
On the AIDA64 CPU Queen test, the AMD EXPO setup carried the torch at 173060 with the Intel setup down at 158927. Overclocking gave a rounding error of an advantage on the XMP front.
AIDA64 SHA3
For SHA3 hashing, the Intel XMP setup pulled off 9199 as its score, which bested the AMD EXPO setup at 8459. Overclocking added whopping two points on the Intel XMP side of things.
CineBench R20 (Multi Core)
On the subject of benching Cinebench, we found a significant difference in the CPU performance between the two setups, but it was as expected for the core count. The Intel XMP setup provided a 40288 score while the AMD EXPO setup gave us 29224 as a score. Overclocking the Intel XMP setup didn’t find much of a difference.
CineBench R20 (Single Core)
On the single-core front for Cinebench, the Intel XMP setup turned in a score of 2188 which bested the AMD EXPO setup in 2019. Overclocking the Lexar ARES RGB DDR5 32GB (2x16GB) 6000MHz Memory provided eight additional points.
VRay 5
In VRay 5 we saw the Intel XMP platform take the win at 27353 with the AMD EXPO platform falling behind to 22652. Overclocking actually reduced performance here.