Intel Core i9-13950HX vs Intel Xeon Gold 6126

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i9 24 core CPU vs Intel Xeon Scalable 12 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

9156 points
7% slightly better overall score
8481 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9937 points
67% significantly better gaming score
5942 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9021 points
9458 points
4% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9146 points
10072 points
10% slightly better heavy workload score

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

24
100% significantly more cores
12

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
33% slightly more threads
24

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.2 GHz
2.59 GHz
17% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.5 GHz
48% significantly higher turbo speed
3.7 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
48
139% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
6
200% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
768 GiB
499% significantly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

16 MiB
24 MiB
49% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

36 MiB
38.5 MiB
6% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

109th of 1,089
125th of 1,089

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i9
Xeon Scalable

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February
2017 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5600
DDR4-2666

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
Yes

Core i9-13950HX vs Xeon Gold 6126 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon Gold 6126 is faster than the Core i9-13950HX. Despite this, the Core i9-13950HX has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-13950HX has significantly more cores with 24 cores whereas the Xeon Gold 6126 has 12 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon Gold 6126. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon Gold 6126 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-13950HX. Despite this, the Core i9-13950HX has a significantly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Xeon Gold 6126 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i9-13950HX. The Xeon Gold 6126 also has slightly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i9-13950HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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