Xeon Gold 6122 vs Ryzen 9 9955HX
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 9 9955HX outperforms Xeon Gold 6122 by an impressive 91% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 185 | 508 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Server |
| Series | AMD Dragon Range (Zen 4, Ryzen 7045) | no data |
| Power efficiency | 49.37 | 11.83 |
| Designer | AMD | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Fire Range-HX (Zen 5) (2025) | no data |
| Release date | 6 January 2025 (less than a year ago) | 1 April 2018 (7 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Ryzen 9 9955HX and Xeon Gold 6122 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 | 16 (Hexadeca-Core) | 20 (Icosa-Core) |
| Threads | 32 | 40 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 1.8 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 5.4 GHz | 3.7 GHz |
| L1 cache | 1.3 MB | no data |
| L2 cache | 16 MB | no data |
| L3 cache | 64 MB | 28 MB |
| Chip lithography | no data | 14 nm |
| 64 bit support | + | - |
| Windows 11 compatibility | no data | - |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 9 9955HX and Xeon Gold 6122 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.
| Socket | no data | FCLGA3647 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 55 Watt | 120 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 9 9955HX and Xeon Gold 6122. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® AVX-512 |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| vPro | no data | + |
| Speed Shift | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
| TSX | - | + |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | no data | - |
Security technologies
Ryzen 9 9955HX and Xeon Gold 6122 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 9 9955HX and Xeon Gold 6122 are enumerated here.
| VT-x | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 9 9955HX and Xeon Gold 6122. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR4-2400 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 768 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 6 |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon 610M ( - 2200 MHz) | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 9 9955HX and Xeon Gold 6122.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 48 |
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 28.35 | 14.82 |
| Recency | 6 January 2025 | 1 April 2018 |
| Physical cores | 16 | 20 |
| Threads | 32 | 40 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 55 Watt | 120 Watt |
Ryzen 9 9955HX has a 91.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, and 118.2% lower power consumption.
Xeon Gold 6122, on the other hand, has 25% more physical cores and 25% more threads.
The AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Xeon Gold 6122 in performance tests.
Be aware that Ryzen 9 9955HX is a notebook processor while Xeon Gold 6122 is a server/workstation one.
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