AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS vs Intel Xeon W-2295

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS and Intel Xeon W-2295 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • Around 7% higher clock speed: 4.9 GHz vs 4.60 GHz
  • Around 56% higher maximum core temperature: 95 °C vs 61°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 6 nm vs 14 nm
  • 4.7x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 165 Watt
  • Around 25% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3286 vs 2636
Specifications (specs)
Launch date Jan 2022 vs 7 Oct 2019
Maximum frequency 4.9 GHz vs 4.60 GHz
Maximum core temperature 95 °C vs 61°C
Manufacturing process technology 6 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 165 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 3286 vs 2636

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon W-2295

  • 10 more cores, run more applications at once: 18 vs 8
  • 20 more threads: 36 vs 16
  • 2.3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 4.5x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 55% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 30% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 30735 vs 23566
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 18 vs 8
Number of threads 36 vs 16
L1 cache 1152 KB vs 512 KB
L2 cache 18 MB vs 4 MB
L3 cache 24.75 MB vs 16 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 30735 vs 23566

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS
CPU 2: Intel Xeon W-2295

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3286
2636
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
23566
30735
Name AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS Intel Xeon W-2295
PassMark - Single thread mark 3286 2636
PassMark - CPU mark 23566 30735
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 6900

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS Intel Xeon W-2295

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 3+ Cascade Lake
Launch date Jan 2022 7 Oct 2019
Place in performance rating 608 593
Vertical segment Mobile Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $1333
Processor Number W-2295
Series Intel Xeon W Processor
Status Launched

Performance

Base frequency 3.3 GHz 3.00 GHz
Die size 208 mm²
L1 cache 512 KB 1152 KB
L2 cache 4 MB 18 MB
L3 cache 16 MB 24.75 MB
Manufacturing process technology 6 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 95 °C 61°C
Maximum frequency 4.9 GHz 4.60 GHz
Number of cores 8 18
Number of threads 16 36
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 8 GT/s
Number of QPI Links 0
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links 0

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 2 4
Supported memory types DDR5-4800 DDR4 2933
Maximum memory bandwidth 93.85 GB/s
Maximum memory size 1 TB

Graphics

Graphics max frequency 2400 MHz

Compatibility

Sockets supported FP7 FCLGA2066
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 165 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 45mm x 52.5mm

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 20 48
PCI Express revision 4.0 3.0
PCIe configurations x4, x8, x16
Scalability 1S Only

Advanced Technologies

AMD SenseMI
AMD StoreMI technology
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX, Intel AVX2, Intel AVX-512
Intel 64
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Number of AVX-512 FMA Units 2
Physical Address Extensions (PAE) 46-bit
Speed Shift technology
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Secure Boot