Ryzen 9 7940HX vs Xeon Gold 6423N

Place in the ranking	97	113
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD Dragon Range (Zen 4, Ryzen 7045)
Power efficiency	17.55	57.89
Architecture codename	no data	Dragon Range-HX (Zen 4) (2023−2024)
Release date	1 July 2023 (1 year ago)	17 January 2024 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6423N and Ryzen 9 7940HX 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	28 (Octacosa-Core)	16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads	56	32
Base clock speed	2 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.6 GHz	5.2 GHz
L1 cache	no data	1 MB
L2 cache	no data	16 MB
L3 cache	52.5 MB	64 MB
Chip lithography	Intel 7 nm	5 nm
Maximum core temperature	85 °C	100 °C
Number of transistors	no data	9900 Million
64 bit support	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6423N and Ryzen 9 7940HX 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.

Socket	FCLGA4677	FL1
Power consumption (TDP)	195 Watt	55 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6423N and Ryzen 9 7940HX. 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	-	+
Speed Shift	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
TSX	+	-
Deep Learning Boost	+	-

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6423N and Ryzen 9 7940HX 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 6423N and Ryzen 9 7940HX are enumerated here.

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 6423N and Ryzen 9 7940HX. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	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 610M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6423N and Ryzen 9 7940HX.

PCIe version	4	no data
PCI Express lanes	64	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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.

Xeon Gold 6423N 37.53
+7.5%

Ryzen 9 7940HX 34.92

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Xeon Gold 6423N 57434
+7.5%

Ryzen 9 7940HX 53448