Intel Core i9-12950HX vs Intel Xeon Gold 6140

Core i9-12950HX vs Xeon Gold 6140 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon Gold 6140 is faster than the Core i9-12950HX. Despite this, the Core i9-12950HX has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon Gold 6140 has slightly more cores with 18 cores compared to the Core i9-12950HX that has 16 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i9-12950HX. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-12950HX has a slightly higher clock speed than the Xeon Gold 6140. Also, the Core i9-12950HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i9-12950HX CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon Gold 6140 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Xeon Gold 6140 has more L2 cache than the Core i9-12950HX. Despite this, the Core i9-12950HX has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Xeon Gold 6140.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i9-12950HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.