Intel Xeon Gold 6126 vs AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX

Compare Intel Xeon Scalable 12 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 16 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

8574 points
10538 points
22% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6056 points
9595 points
58% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9545 points
10967 points
14% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10158 points
11265 points
10% slightly better heavy workload score

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
32
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.59 GHz
3% slightly higher clock speed
2.50 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz
5.4 GHz
45% significantly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

125 W
55 W
127% 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
49% significantly more L2 cache
16 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

38.5 MiB
64 MiB
66% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

132nd of 1,118
80th of 1,118

Family

The product line

Xeon Scalable
Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 August
2025 April

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 9 8945HX specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 8945HX performs better than the Xeon Gold 6126. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon Gold 6126 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 8945HX has slightly more cores than the Xeon Gold 6126. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 8945HX has 16 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Xeon Gold 6126. 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 Ryzen 9 8945HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 8945HX has a significantly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 8945HX 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 cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Xeon Gold 6126 has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 8945HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 8945HX has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Xeon Gold 6126.

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 Xeon Gold 6126 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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