AMD Ryzen 7 7840U vs Intel Xeon Gold 6126

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 8 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

8215 points
8481 points
3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10758 points
81% significantly better gaming score
5942 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7390 points
9458 points
27% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7189 points
10072 points
40% slightly better heavy workload score

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
12
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
24
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.30 GHz
27% slightly higher clock speed
2.59 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz
37% slightly higher turbo speed
3.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

28 W
346% significantly lower TDP
125 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
6
200% significantly more memory channels

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
24 MiB
200% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
38.5 MiB
140% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

139th of 1,089
125th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7
Xeon Scalable

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 May
2017 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5 (FP7r2)
DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
Yes

Ryzen 7 7840U vs Xeon Gold 6126 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon Gold 6126 is faster than the Ryzen 7 7840U. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 7840U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon Gold 6126 has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 7840U that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 7840U. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 7840U has a slightly higher clock speed than the Xeon Gold 6126. Also, the Ryzen 7 7840U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 7840U 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. In terms of cache, the Xeon Gold 6126 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 7 7840U. The Xeon Gold 6126 also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 Ryzen 7 7840U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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