FX-9830P vs Xeon Gold 6126

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6126 and FX-9830P processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	606	1788
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	20.06	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	Intel Xeon Gold	AMD Bristol Ridge
Architecture codename	Skylake (server) (2017−2019)	Bristol Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date	25 April 2017 (7 years ago)	1 June 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,776	no data
Current price	$304 (0.2x MSRP)	$749

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6126 and FX-9830P 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)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	24	4
Base clock speed	2.6 GHz	3 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.7 GHz	3.7 GHz
Bus support	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	768 KB	no data
L2 cache	12 MB	2 MB
L3 cache	19.25 MB	no data
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm
Die size	no data	250 mm2
Maximum core temperature	86 °C	90 °C
Number of transistors	no data	3100 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6126 and FX-9830P 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	4 (Multiprocessor)	no data
Socket	FCLGA3647	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	125 Watt	25-45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6126 and FX-9830P. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512	Dual-Channel DDR3/DDR4-1866 Memory Controller, PCIe 3.0 x8
AES-NI	+	no data
AVX	+	no data
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Speed Shift	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
TSX	+	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data
Status	Launched	no data

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6126 and FX-9830P 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 Xeon Gold 6126 and FX-9830P are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data
EPT	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6126 and FX-9830P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2666	DDR3, DDR4
Maximum memory size	768 GB	no data
Max memory channels	6	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	128.001 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6126 and FX-9830P.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	48	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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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.

Xeon Gold 6126 outperforms FX-9830P by 457% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	11.92	2.14
Recency	25 April 2017	1 June 2016
Physical cores	12	4
Threads	24	4
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	125 Watt	25 Watt

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