Xeon Gold 6558Q vs Ryzen 9 8945HS

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Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 9 8945HS and Xeon Gold 6558Q processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking312not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
Power efficiency39.03no data
Architecture codenameHawk Point-HS (Zen 4) (2023−2024)no data
Release date6 December 2023 (less than a year ago)1 October 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 9 8945HS and Xeon Gold 6558Q 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)32 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threads1664
Base clock speed4 GHz3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed5.2 GHz4.1 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache1 MB (per core)no data
L3 cache16 MB (shared)60 MB
Chip lithography4 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size178 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature100 °C66 °C
Number of transistors25,000 millionno data
64 bit support+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 9 8945HS and Xeon Gold 6558Q 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 configuration1no data
SocketFP8FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt350 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 9 8945HS and Xeon Gold 6558Q. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsRyzen AI, 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, SMEIntel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX+-
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Precision Boost 2+no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Ryzen 9 8945HS and Xeon Gold 6558Q technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 9 8945HS and Xeon Gold 6558Q are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 9 8945HS and Xeon Gold 6558Q. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5DDR5-5200
Maximum memory sizeno data4 TB
Max memory channelsno data8
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon 780Mno data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 9 8945HS and Xeon Gold 6558Q.

PCIe version4.05.0
PCI Express lanes2080

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 December 2023 1 October 2023
Physical cores 8 32
Threads 16 64
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 350 Watt

Ryzen 9 8945HS has an age advantage of 2 months, and 677.8% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6558Q, on the other hand, has 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 9 8945HS and Xeon Gold 6558Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Ryzen 9 8945HS is a notebook processor while Xeon Gold 6558Q is a server/workstation one.


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