Ryzen 9 7945HX vs Xeon Gold 6142M

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6142M and Ryzen 9 7945HX processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	110
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	Intel Xeon Gold	no data
Power efficiency	no data	59.28
Architecture codename	Skylake (server) (2017−2018)	Dragon Range-HX (Zen 4) (2023−2024)
Release date	25 April 2017 (7 years ago)	4 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$5,949	no data

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6142M and Ryzen 9 7945HX 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)	16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads	32	32
Base clock speed	2.6 GHz	2.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.7 GHz	5.4 GHz
Multiplier	26	no data
L1 cache	1 MB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	16 MB	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	22 MB	64 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	CCD = 5 nm, I/O = 6 nm
Die size	no data	2x 71 mm2
Maximum core temperature	85 °C	100 °C
Number of transistors	no data	13,140 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6142M and Ryzen 9 7945HX 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	FL1
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	55 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6142M and Ryzen 9 7945HX. 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	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, AVX-512, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	-	+
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	+	-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data
Precision Boost 2	no data	+

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6142M and Ryzen 9 7945HX 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 6142M and Ryzen 9 7945HX 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 Xeon Gold 6142M and Ryzen 9 7945HX. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2666	DDR5
Maximum memory size	1.5 TB	no data
Max memory channels	6	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	128.001 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon 610M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6142M and Ryzen 9 7945HX.

PCIe version	3.0	5.0
PCI Express lanes	48	28

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	25 April 2017	4 January 2023
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	55 Watt

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