AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M

Processor comparisons 11-01-2022

   Perhaps you can't decide which processor to buy, you can make a choice after reading the full tests AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M and decide which is better for games or simple use for programming, machine learning, video editing, streaming, rendering. Here is useful information from many benchmarks or real video editing and streaming tests. A thorough analysis of all the specifications, to make it easier to understand, is summarized in the table.
   From the comparison video, you can get the results of parallel examination in synthetic type tests such as Blender, GeekBench 6, 5.2, Furmark, Prime95, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, DaVinci Resolve Studio, MATLAB, WPrime, VeraCrypt, UserBenchmark, Handbrake, Dolphin Emulator, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), SuperPi, PassMark, Blender, 7zip, 3DMark, AIDA64, PCMark 10, Gears 5, RealBench.
   Gaming performance of CPUs in:

World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
Death Stranding
Fallout 76
Grand Theft Auto V
Halo Infinite
Fortnite
Watch Dogs Legion
DOOM: Eternal
Valheim
Valorant
Red Dead Redemption 2
Cyberpunk 2077
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone
Borderlands 3
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
Last Man Standing
Overwatch
Rainbow Six Siege
Apex Legends

After reading the results these benchmarks and videos, you already be able to understand which CPU is better to buy for gaming Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M or AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H.

Summary benchmark results

As a percentage of the maximum value based on a sample from the entire base of all processors
Processor Benchmark

Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H

60%

Xeon Platinum 8260M

60%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H

56%

Xeon Platinum 8260M

69%

For the maximum in this test, the results of the most powerful processor in the site database are taken. And of course, this is a server processor, on which no one will play games. Because this processor costs several tens of thousands of dollars. And if it seems to you that the selected CPU has a little game result, look at the FPS that it produces in real games in the summary table below.
List of less popular games in which processors were compared: DOTA 2A, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Forza Horizon 4, Monster Hunter World, Metro Exodus, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), League of Legends (LOL), Microsoft Flight Simulator, NBA 2K20, Half-Life: Alyx, Battlefield V, Control, Ghostrunner, Horizon Zero Dawn, Hitman 3.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	98.7	121.9
Valorant	112.2	138.5
Cyberpunk 2077	62.8	77.6
Apex Legends	105.5	130.2
Call of Duty Warzone	84.1	103.9
Overwatch	90.9	112.2
Red Dead Redemption 2	77.4	95.6
DOOM Eternal	56.1	69.3
Warzone	87.5	108.1
Assassin's Creed	94.2	116.4
Valheim	93.1	115.0

The numbers in this table indicate the maximum FPS that was received on the device with the corresponding processor. Depending on the configuration of the computer (RAM size and Video Card) and graphics quality settings (Ultra, Medium, Normal), the results may differ quite significantly. We recommend that you better study the results of the Cinebench, GeekBench and Passmark becnmarks.
The tested computers not only did they have different amounts of RAM and different video cards. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: 2K, FullHD or 4K. So the game benchmark data is approximate. But all video cards met the average system requirements of games. To be sure exactly how much performance the processor will be in games, if you compare it in one assembly with the video card that is installed in your computer.

Power consumption

Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H

116%

Xeon Platinum 8260M

21%

To make a final decision on which processor is better, you should also consider the generation of its core. It is clear that the newer the generation, the better the performance of the processor in games and benchmarks, as well as its energy efficiency. In this case the Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H is more energy efficient than the Xeon Platinum 8260M as it consumes less power: 45W vs. 165W. Power consumption is particularly important for laptops. And TDP should be taken into account when choosing a processor cooling system. It is necessary to calculate so that the TDP data specified in the cooler specification is greater than the TDP of the compared processor.

Software benchmarks

Let's say you plan to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for streaming, video rendering or video editing, machine learning, programming, then the main parameter for you is its performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, to achieve maximum performance, the CPU includes all threads and cores that it has. You will learn this data from the benchmark tables below. Before using the data from these tests, be sure to check whether the software you are going to use on your computer supports multi-threaded mode. Because there are still many programs that use only one core to run, and all the benefit of multi-core mode are unused.

Cinebench 23, 20 an 15
The results of this benchmark show Single-threaded and Multi-threaded CPU performance

	AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H	Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M
Cinbench 15 Single-core	326	211
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	3152	5808
Cinbench 20 Single-core	758	366
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	6910	14048
Cinbench 23 Single-core	1882	1239
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	19232	35899

Passmark
This popular benchmark displays Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H	Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M
Single-Core	4201	2291
Multi-Core	34768	34071

GeekBench 6, 5.2
This benchmark shows Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H	Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M
Single-Core	1575	1071
Multi-Core	10523	33238

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the most useful will be the the possibility of overclocking it and release date of the processor. The later the processor is released, the longer it will last in your computer. And the easier it will be to upgrade the system later. The same benefits from the presence of overclocking. If the processor can be overclocked, increasing its performance, then it will continue to maintain maximum FPS in new games. The economy are obvious! Accordingly, you do not need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer.

	AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H	Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M
Announcement date	January 07, 2022	October 01, 2020
Type	Laptop	Server
Socket	FP7	LGA3647
Core name	Rembrandt	Cascade Lake
Architecture	Zen 3+	x86
Generation	6	2
Turbo Frequency	4.4 MHz	3.9 MHz
Frequency	3.3 MHz	2.3 MHz
Cores	8	24
Threads	16	48
Bus rate
Bit	64	64
Lithography	6 nm	14 nm
Transistors count	7200 millions	7510 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	45 W	165 W
Memory type	DDR5	DDR4-2933
Max. Memory		1 Gb
Memory Frequency	3200
Memory bandwidth
L1 cache	384KB
L2 cache	4MB
L3 cache	16MB	35.75 MB
Overclocking	No	Yes
Supports ECC	No	Yes
Part number

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H is 30% better than Xeon Platinum 8260M in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that Xeon Platinum 8260M has 16 more core than Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption (relevant for laptops).

Result:
The number of parameters for which AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H is better: 15
The number of parameters for which Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M is better: 22
However, it should be realized that all the figures in the table above do not mean that taking them into account you should entirely trust a simple comparison of these figures. Be sure to watch benchmarks video and read the reviews of real owners of AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H and Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M before making a selection which CPU to buy for gaming and which not.

AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H - all data

• Cinebench r15 score
• Cinebench r20 score
• Cinebench r23 score
• GeekBench 6, 5.2 score

• AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H specs and review.

• Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M specs and review.