AMD Ryzen 7 8840U 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

7756 points
8481 points
9% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10179 points
71% significantly better gaming score
5942 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6990 points
9458 points
35% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6806 points
10072 points
47% significantly 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

155th 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

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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 8840U vs Xeon Gold 6126 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon Gold 6126 performs better than the Ryzen 7 8840U. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 8840U 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 7 8840U has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 8840U. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 8840U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon Gold 6126. Also, the Ryzen 7 8840U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 8840U 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 8840U. 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 8840U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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