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 ranking	not rated	511
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)
Power efficiency	no data	29.80
Architecture codename	no data	Cezanne-H (Zen 3) (2021)
Release date	1 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 cores	8 (Octa-Core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	16	16
Base clock speed	3.9 GHz	3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.5 GHz	4.6 GHz
Multiplier	no data	33
L1 cache	no data	64K (per core)
L2 cache	no data	512K (per core)
L3 cache	35.75 MB	16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm
Die size	no data	156 mm2
Maximum core temperature	60 °C	105 °C
Number of transistors	no data	9,800 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 configuration	no data	1
Socket	FCLGA3647	FP6
Power consumption (TDP)	185 Watt	45 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 extensions	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512	MMX (+), 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 Technology	2.0	no 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 types	DDR4-2933	DDR4
Maximum memory size	4.5 TB	no data
Max memory channels	6	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

Peripherals

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

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	48	no data

Pros & cons summary

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

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