AMD Ryzen 5 9600X vs Intel Xeon Gold 6126

Compare AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 6 core CPU vs Intel Xeon Scalable 12 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Xeon Gold 6126

Price

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$ 195.30

$ 147.00

$ 48.30 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

8673 points

2% slightly better overall score

8481 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12393 points

108% significantly better gaming score

5942 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7498 points

9458 points

26% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7245 points

10072 points

39% slightly better heavy workload score

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.9 GHz

50% significantly higher clock speed

2.59 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.4 GHz

45% significantly higher turbo speed

3.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

92% significantly lower TDP

125 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

200% significantly more memory channels

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

6 MiB

24 MiB

300% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB

38.5 MiB

20% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

118th of 1,089

125th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9000 Series

Xeon Scalable

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 August

2017 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5

DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Ryzen 5 9600X vs Xeon Gold 6126 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon Gold 6126 is faster than the Ryzen 5 9600X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 9600X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon Gold 6126 has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 9600X has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 9600X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 9600X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon Gold 6126. Also, the Ryzen 5 9600X has a significantly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 9600X CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon Gold 6126 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 6126 has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 9600X. The Xeon Gold 6126 also has slightly more L3 cache.

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 Ryzen 5 9600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.