Xeon Gold 6544Y vs Ryzen 9 8945HS
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Gold 6544Y outperforms Ryzen 9 8945HS by an impressive 68% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Ryzen 9 8945HS and Xeon Gold 6544Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 331 | 143 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 22.09 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Server |
| Power efficiency | 39.58 | 11.07 |
| Architecture codename | Hawk Point-HS (Zen 4) (2023−2024) | Emerald Rapids (2023) |
| Release date | 6 December 2023 (1 year ago) | 14 December 2023 (1 year ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $3,622 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Ryzen 9 8945HS and Xeon Gold 6544Y basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.
| Physical cores | 8 (Octa-Core) | 16 (Hexadeca-Core) |
| Threads | 16 | 32 |
| Base clock speed | 4 GHz | 3.6 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 5.2 GHz | 4.1 GHz |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | 80 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB (per core) | 2 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 16 MB (shared) | 45 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 4 nm | Intel 7 nm |
| Die size | 178 mm2 | 2x 763 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | no data |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 75 °C |
| Number of transistors | 25,000 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 9 8945HS and Xeon Gold 6544Y compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.
| Number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 | 2 |
| Socket | FP8 | FCLGA4677 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | 270 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 9 8945HS and Xeon Gold 6544Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Ryzen AI, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, AVX-512, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME | Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| FMA | + | - |
| AVX | + | + |
| vPro | no data | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Speed Shift | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
| TSX | - | + |
| Precision Boost 2 | + | no data |
| Deep Learning Boost | - | + |
Security technologies
Ryzen 9 8945HS and Xeon Gold 6544Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | + |
| EDB | no data | + |
| SGX | no data | Yes with Intel® SPS |
| OS Guard | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 9 8945HS and Xeon Gold 6544Y are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
| VT-d | no data | + |
| VT-x | no data | + |
| EPT | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 9 8945HS and Xeon Gold 6544Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR5 | DDR5-5200 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 4 TB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 8 |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon 780M ( - 2800 MHz) | N/A |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 9 8945HS and Xeon Gold 6544Y.
| PCIe version | 4.0 | 5.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 20 | 80 |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 18.70 | 31.37 |
| Physical cores | 8 | 16 |
| Threads | 16 | 32 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | 270 Watt |
Ryzen 9 8945HS has 500% lower power consumption.
Xeon Gold 6544Y, on the other hand, has a 67.8% higher aggregate performance score, and 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.
The Xeon Gold 6544Y is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 9 8945HS in performance tests.
Be aware that Ryzen 9 8945HS is a notebook processor while Xeon Gold 6544Y is a server/workstation one.
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