Intel Xeon Gold 6142M vs Intel Core i9-11950H

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Intel Xeon Gold 6142M CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i9-11950H
Intel Xeon Gold 6142M Intel Core i9-11950H

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the Intel Xeon Gold 6142M and the Intel Core i9-11950H and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the Intel Xeon Gold 6142M 16 core processor released in Q3/2017 with the Intel Core i9-11950H which has 8 CPU cores and was introduced in Q2/2021.
Intel Xeon Gold (163) Family Intel Core i9 (78)
Intel Xeon Gold 5100/6100 (34) CPU group Intel Core i 11000H (17)
1 Generation 11
Skylake Architecture Tiger Lake H
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Xeon Gold 6142M is a 16 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.60 GHz (3.70 GHz). The processor can compute 32 threads at the same time. The Intel Core i9-11950H clocks with 2.60 GHz (5.00 GHz), has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 16 threads in parallel.

Intel Xeon Gold 6142M Characteristic Intel Core i9-11950H
16 Cores 8
32 Threads 16
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.60 GHz Frequency 2.60 GHz
3.70 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 5.00 GHz
2.90 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 3.70 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

Intel Xeon Gold 6142M Characteristic Intel Core i9-11950H
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

Graphics (iGPU) integrated into the processor not only enable image output without having to rely on a dedicated graphics solution, but can also efficiently accelerate video playback.

no iGPU GPU Intel UHD Graphics 11th Gen (32 EU)
GPU frequency 0.35 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 1.45 GHz
-- GPU Generation 11
Technology 10 nm
Max. displays 3
-- Compute units 32
-- Shader 256
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 64 GB
-- DirectX Version 12

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

no iGPU GPU Intel UHD Graphics 11th Gen (32 EU)
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 Decode
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

Up to 1536 GB of memory in a maximum of 6 memory channels is supported by the Intel Xeon Gold 6142M, while the Intel Core i9-11950H supports a maximum of 128 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 51.2 GB/s enabled.

Intel Xeon Gold 6142M Characteristic Intel Core i9-11950H
DDR4-2666 Memory DDR4-3200
1536 GB Max. Memory 128 GB
6 (Hexa Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
128.1 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 51.2 GB/s
Yes ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
22.00 MB L3 Cache 24.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 4.0
48 PCIe lanes 20
47.3 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

The Intel Xeon Gold 6142M has a TDP of 150 W. The TDP of the Intel Core i9-11950H is 45 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

Intel Xeon Gold 6142M Characteristic Intel Core i9-11950H
150 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 45 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down 35 W
-- Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Xeon Gold 6142M has 22.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 14 nm. The cache of Intel Core i9-11950H is at 24.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 10 nm.

Intel Xeon Gold 6142M Characteristic Intel Core i9-11950H
14 nm Technology 10 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
LGA 3647 Socket BGA 1787
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q3/2017 Release date Q2/2021
5900 $ Release price 556 $
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Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Xeon Gold 6142M Intel Xeon Gold 6142M
16C 32T @ 3.70 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-11950H Intel Core i9-11950H
8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz
1574 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Xeon Gold 6142M Intel Xeon Gold 6142M
16C 32T @ 2.90 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-11950H Intel Core i9-11950H
8C 16T @ 3.70 GHz
12836 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Xeon Gold 6142M Intel Xeon Gold 6142M
16C 32T @ 3.70 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-11950H Intel Core i9-11950H
8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz
1645 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Xeon Gold 6142M Intel Xeon Gold 6142M
16C 32T @ 2.90 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-11950H Intel Core i9-11950H
8C 16T @ 3.70 GHz
8311 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Xeon Gold 6142M Intel Xeon Gold 6142M
16C 32T @ 3.70 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-11950H Intel Core i9-11950H
8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz
2129 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Xeon Gold 6142M Intel Xeon Gold 6142M
16C 32T @ 2.90 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-11950H Intel Core i9-11950H
8C 16T @ 3.70 GHz
9535 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Xeon Gold 6142M Intel Xeon Gold 6142M
16C 32T @ 3.70 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-11950H Intel Core i9-11950H
8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz
610 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Xeon Gold 6142M Intel Xeon Gold 6142M
16C 32T @ 2.90 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-11950H Intel Core i9-11950H
8C 16T @ 3.70 GHz
5547 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Xeon Gold 6142M Intel Xeon Gold 6142M
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-11950H Intel Core i9-11950H
Intel UHD Graphics 11th Gen (32 EU) @ 1.45 GHz
742 (100%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.
Intel Xeon Gold 6142M Intel Xeon Gold 6142M
16C 32T @ 2.90 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-11950H Intel Core i9-11950H
8C 16T @ 3.70 GHz
112 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Xeon Gold 6142M Intel Xeon Gold 6142M
16C 32T @ 2.90 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-11950H Intel Core i9-11950H
8C 16T @ 3.70 GHz
21792 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Intel Xeon Gold 6142M Intel Xeon Gold 6142M
16C 32T @ 2.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-11950H Intel Core i9-11950H
8C 16T @ 2.60 GHz
5155 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Xeon Gold 6142M Intel Xeon Gold 6142M
16C 32T @ 3.70 GHz
161 (100%)
Intel Core i9-11950H Intel Core i9-11950H
8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Xeon Gold 6142M Intel Xeon Gold 6142M
16C 32T @ 2.90 GHz
2578 (100%)
Intel Core i9-11950H Intel Core i9-11950H
8C 16T @ 3.70 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Xeon Gold 6142M Intel Core i9-11950H
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