Xeon Silver 4416+ vs Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Silver 4416+ outperforms Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H by an impressive 86% 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 | 616 | 252 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 21.23 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Server |
| Power efficiency | 32.12 | 16.25 |
| Designer | AMD | Intel |
| Manufacturer | TSMC | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Rembrandt-H (Zen 3+) (2022) | Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024) |
| Release date | 19 April 2022 (3 years ago) | 10 January 2023 (2 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $1,186 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H and Xeon Silver 4416+ 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) | 20 (Icosa-Core) |
| Threads | 16 | 40 |
| Base clock speed | 3.3 GHz | 2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 4.9 GHz | 3.9 GHz |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | 80K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 512K (per core) | 2 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 16 MB (shared) | 37.5 MB |
| Chip lithography | 6 nm | 10 nm |
| Die size | 208 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | 95 °C | no data |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 82 °C |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | + |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H and Xeon Silver 4416+ 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 | FP7 | 4677 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | 165 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H and Xeon Silver 4416+. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | PRO, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME | no data |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| FMA | + | - |
| AVX | + | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| TSX | - | + |
| Precision Boost 2 | + | no data |
Security technologies
Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H and Xeon Silver 4416+ 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 PRO 6950H and Xeon Silver 4416+ are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
| VT-d | no data | + |
| VT-x | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H and Xeon Silver 4416+. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR5 | DDR5-4000 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon 680M ( - 2400 MHz) | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H and Xeon Silver 4416+.
| PCIe version | 4.0 | 5.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 20 | 80 |
Synthetic benchmarks
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
GeekBench 5 Single-Core
GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 13.49 | 25.03 |
| Recency | 19 April 2022 | 10 January 2023 |
| Physical cores | 8 | 20 |
| Threads | 16 | 40 |
| Chip lithography | 6 nm | 10 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | 165 Watt |
Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H has a 66.7% more advanced lithography process, and 266.7% lower power consumption.
Xeon Silver 4416+, on the other hand, has a 85.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 months, and 150% more physical cores and 150% more threads.
The Intel Xeon Silver 4416+ is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H in performance tests.
Be aware that Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H is a notebook processor while Xeon Silver 4416+ is a server/workstation one.
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