Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS vs Xeon Gold 6416H

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6416H and Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	191	297
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	49.43	no data
Market segment	Server	Server
Power efficiency	14.66	40.38
Architecture codename	Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024)	Hawk Point-HS (Zen 4) (2023−2024)
Release date	10 January 2023 (1 year ago)	16 April 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,444	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6416H and Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS 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	18 (Octadeca-Core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	36	16
Base clock speed	2.2 GHz	4 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.2 GHz	5.2 GHz
L1 cache	80K (per core)	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB (per core)	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	45 MB	16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	Intel 7 nm	4 nm
Die size	no data	178 mm2
Maximum core temperature	no data	100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	82 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	25,000 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6416H and Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS 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	1
Socket	FCLGA4677	FP7
Power consumption (TDP)	165 Watt	45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6416H and Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512	Ryzen 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, SME
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Speed Shift	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
TSX	+	-
Precision Boost 2	no data	+
Deep Learning Boost	+	-

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6416H and Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data
SGX	Yes with Intel® SPS	no data
OS Guard	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6416H and Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS 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 6416H and Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR5-4800, DDR5-4400	DDR5
Maximum memory size	4 TB	no data
Max memory channels	8	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon 780M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6416H and Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS.

PCIe version	5	4.0
PCI Express lanes	80	20

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	25.56	19.20
Recency	10 January 2023	16 April 2024
Physical cores	18	8
Threads	36	16
Power consumption (TDP)	165 Watt	45 Watt

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