Intel Xeon Gold 6126 vs AMD Ryzen 5 9600

Compare Intel Xeon Scalable 12 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 6 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

8481 points
0.35% slightly better overall score
8451 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5942 points
12073 points
103% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9458 points
29% slightly better multitasking score
7298 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10072 points
42% significantly better heavy workload score
7044 points

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
100% significantly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
100% significantly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.59 GHz
3.8 GHz
46% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz
5.2 GHz
40% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

125 W
65 W
92% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

6
200% significantly more memory channels
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

24 MiB
300% significantly more L2 cache
6 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

38.5 MiB
20% slightly more L3 cache
32 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

125th of 1,089
128th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon Scalable
Ryzen 9000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 August
2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
-

Xeon Gold 6126 vs Ryzen 5 9600 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon Gold 6126 performs better than the Ryzen 5 9600. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 9600 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 5 9600 that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 9600. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 9600 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Xeon Gold 6126. Also, the Ryzen 5 9600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 9600 outputs less heat than Xeon Gold 6126 thanks to a 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 9600. The Xeon Gold 6126 also has slightly 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 Xeon Gold 6126 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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