Intel Xeon Gold 6458Q vs AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS

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Intel Xeon Gold 6458Q CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
Intel Xeon Gold 6458Q AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the Intel Xeon Gold 6458Q and the AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the Intel Xeon Gold 6458Q 32 core processor released in Q1/2023 with the AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS which has 8 CPU cores and was introduced in Q1/2024.
Intel Xeon Gold (163) Family AMD Ryzen 9 (40)
Intel Xeon Gold 5400/6400 (25) CPU group AMD Ryzen 8040 (20)
4 Generation 7
Sapphire Rapids Architecture Hawk Point (Zen 4)
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
-- Successor AMD Ryzen AI 9 365

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Xeon Gold 6458Q is a 32 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.10 GHz (4.00 GHz). The processor can compute 64 threads at the same time. The AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS clocks with 4.00 GHz (5.20 GHz), has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 16 threads in parallel.

Intel Xeon Gold 6458Q Characteristic AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
32 Cores 8
64 Threads 16
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
3.10 GHz Frequency 4.00 GHz
4.00 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 5.20 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

Intel Xeon Gold 6458Q Characteristic AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
-- AI hardware AMD Ryzen™ AI
-- AI specifications AMD Ryzen™ AI (XDNA) @ 16 TOPS
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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 AMD Radeon 780M
GPU frequency 0.80 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 2.80 GHz
-- GPU Generation 3
Technology 4 nm
Max. displays 4
-- Compute units 12
-- Shader 768
No Hardware Raytracing Yes
No Frame Generation AMD FSR
-- Max. GPU Memory 32 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 AMD Radeon 780M
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
No Codec VP8 Decode
No Codec AV1 Decode / Encode
No Codec AVC Decode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

Up to 4096 GB of memory in a maximum of 8 memory channels is supported by the Intel Xeon Gold 6458Q, while the AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS supports a maximum of 256 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 120.0 GB/s enabled.

Intel Xeon Gold 6458Q Characteristic AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
DDR5-4400, DDR5-4800 Memory DDR5-4800, DDR5-5600, LPDDR5-6400, LPDDR5X-7500
4096 GB Max. Memory 256 GB
8 (Octa Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
307.2 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 120.0 GB/s
Yes ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache 8.00 MB
60.00 MB L3 Cache 16.00 MB
5.0 PCIe version 4.0
80 PCIe lanes 20
315.0 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

The Intel Xeon Gold 6458Q has a TDP of 350 W. The TDP of the AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS is 45 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

Intel Xeon Gold 6458Q Characteristic AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
350 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 45 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up 54 W
-- TDP down 35 W
-- Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Xeon Gold 6458Q has 60.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 10 nm. The cache of AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS is at 24.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 4 nm.

Intel Xeon Gold 6458Q Characteristic AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
10 nm Technology 4 nm
Chiplet Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 ISA extensions SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512
LGA 4677 Socket FP8
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization AMD-V, SVM
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q1/2023 Release date Q1/2024
6416 $ Release price --
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Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Intel Xeon Gold 6458Q Intel Xeon Gold 6458Q
32C 64T @ 4.00 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
8C 16T @ 5.20 GHz
106 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Intel Xeon Gold 6458Q Intel Xeon Gold 6458Q
32C 64T @ 4.00 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
8C 16T @ 5.20 GHz
975 (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 6458Q Intel Xeon Gold 6458Q
32C 64T @ 4.00 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
8C 16T @ 5.20 GHz
1974 (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 6458Q Intel Xeon Gold 6458Q
32C 64T @ 3.10 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
11600 (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 6458Q Intel Xeon Gold 6458Q
32C 64T @ 4.00 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
8C 16T @ 5.20 GHz
2617 (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 6458Q Intel Xeon Gold 6458Q
32C 64T @ 3.10 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
12447 (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 6458Q Intel Xeon Gold 6458Q
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
AMD Radeon 780M @ 2.80 GHz
4357 (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 6458Q Intel Xeon Gold 6458Q
32C 64T @ 3.10 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
30995 (100%)

AI performance (NPU)

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is given here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher.

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. The performance is given in the number (trillions) of arithmetic operations per second (TOPS).
Intel Xeon Gold 6458Q Intel Xeon Gold 6458Q
32C 64T @ 3.10 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
16 (100%)

Devices using this processor

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