Ryzen 9 5900HX vs Xeon Gold 6250L

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6250L and Ryzen 9 5900HX processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated510
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)
Power efficiencyno data29.80
Architecture codenameno dataCezanne-H (Zen 3) (2021)
Release date1 January 2020 (4 years ago)12 January 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6250L and Ryzen 9 5900HX 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads1616
Base clock speed3.9 GHz3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed4.5 GHz4.6 GHz
Multiplierno data33
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cacheno data512K (per core)
L3 cache35.75 MB16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm7 nm
Die sizeno data156 mm2
Maximum core temperature60 °C105 °C
Number of transistorsno data9,800 million
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6250L and Ryzen 9 5900HX 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 configurationno data1
SocketFCLGA3647FP6
Power consumption (TDP)185 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6250L and Ryzen 9 5900HX. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512MMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHA
AES-NI++
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX+-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6250L and Ryzen 9 5900HX 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 6250L and Ryzen 9 5900HX 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 6250L and Ryzen 9 5900HX. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2933DDR4
Maximum memory size4.5 TBno data
Max memory channels6no data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) ( - 2100 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6250L and Ryzen 9 5900HX.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes48no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 January 2020 12 January 2021
Chip lithography 14 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 185 Watt 45 Watt

Ryzen 9 5900HX has an age advantage of 1 year, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 311.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Gold 6250L and Ryzen 9 5900HX. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon Gold 6250L is a server/workstation processor while Ryzen 9 5900HX is a notebook one.


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