Xeon Gold 6138 vs Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 outperforms Xeon Gold 6138 by a considerable 46% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 and Xeon Gold 6138 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 237 | 459 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 4.44 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Server |
| Series | no data | Intel Xeon Gold |
| Power efficiency | 75.34 | 11.57 |
| Architecture codename | Strix Point (2024) | Skylake (server) (2017−2018) |
| Release date | July 2024 (recently) | 25 April 2017 (7 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $2,612 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 and Xeon Gold 6138 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 | 12 (Dodeca-Core) | 20 (Icosa-Core) |
| Threads | 24 | 40 |
| Base clock speed | 2 GHz | 2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 5.1 GHz | 3.7 GHz |
| Bus type | no data | DMI 3.0 |
| Bus rate | 54 MHz | 4 × 8 GT/s |
| Multiplier | no data | 20 |
| L1 cache | 80 KB (per core) | 1.25 MB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB (per core) | 20 MB |
| L3 cache | 24 MB (shared) | 27.5 MB |
| Chip lithography | 4 nm | 14 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | 86 °C |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | no data | + |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 and Xeon Gold 6138 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 | 4 (Multiprocessor) |
| Socket | FP8 | FCLGA3647 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 28 Watt | 125 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 and Xeon Gold 6138. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | USB 4, XDNA 2 NPU (50 TOPS), SMT, AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A | Intel® AVX-512 |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| 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 | - | + |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | no data | - |
| Precision Boost 2 | + | no data |
Security technologies
Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 and Xeon Gold 6138 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | + |
| EDB | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 and Xeon Gold 6138 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 AI 9 HX 370 and Xeon Gold 6138. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR5 | DDR4-2666 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 768 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 6 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 128.001 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon 890M | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 and Xeon Gold 6138.
| PCIe version | 4.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 16 | 48 |
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. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
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 | 22.29 | 15.28 |
| Physical cores | 12 | 20 |
| Threads | 24 | 40 |
| Chip lithography | 4 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 28 Watt | 125 Watt |
Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 has a 45.9% higher aggregate performance score, a 250% more advanced lithography process, and 346.4% lower power consumption.
Xeon Gold 6138, on the other hand, has 66.7% more physical cores and 66.7% more threads.
The Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon Gold 6138 in performance tests.
Be aware that Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 is a notebook processor while Xeon Gold 6138 is a server/workstation one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 and Xeon Gold 6138, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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