Intel Core i9-12900HX vs Intel Xeon Gold 6154

Core i9-12900HX vs Xeon Gold 6154 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon Gold 6154 performs better than the Core i9-12900HX. Despite this, the Core i9-12900HX has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon Gold 6154 has slightly more cores than the Core i9-12900HX. Indeed, the Xeon Gold 6154 has 18 cores compared to 16 cores found in the Core i9-12900HX. It also has more threads than the Core i9-12900HX. Our comparison shows that the Xeon Gold 6154 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12900HX. Despite this, the Core i9-12900HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i9-12900HX CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon Gold 6154 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Xeon Gold 6154 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i9-12900HX. Despite this, the Core i9-12900HX has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Xeon Gold 6154.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i9-12900HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.