Ryzen 9 6900HS vs Xeon Gold 6142F

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6142F and Ryzen 9 6900HS processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	not rated	423
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	Intel Xeon Gold	no data
Architecture codename	Skylake (server) (2017−2019)	Rembrandt-H (Zen 3+)
Release date	11 July 2017 (6 years ago)	January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,101	no data
Current price	$1959 (0.6x MSRP)	no data

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6142F and Ryzen 9 6900HS 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)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	32	16
Base clock speed	2.6 GHz	3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.7 GHz	4.9 GHz
L1 cache	1 MB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	16 MB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	22 MB	16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	6 nm
Die size	no data	208 mm2
Maximum core temperature	87 °C	95 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6142F and Ryzen 9 6900HS 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)	1
Socket	FCLGA3647	FP7
Power consumption (TDP)	160 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6142F and Ryzen 9 6900HS. 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	DDR5-4800/LPDDR5-6400 RAM (incl. ECC), PCIe 4, 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
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	no data	+
AVX	+	+
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	Discontinued	no data

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6142F and Ryzen 9 6900HS 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 6142F and Ryzen 9 6900HS are enumerated here.

AMD-V	no data	+
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 6142F and Ryzen 9 6900HS. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2666	DDR5
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 680M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6142F and Ryzen 9 6900HS.

PCIe version	3.0	4.0
PCI Express lanes	48	20

Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	16	8
Threads	32	16
Chip lithography	14 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	160 Watt	35 Watt

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