AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition
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AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition vs Intel Xeon Gold 6248. Specifications

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Released
2026-04-22
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition
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Intel Xeon Gold 6248
Intel Xeon Gold 6248

What's the best choice AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition or Intel Xeon Gold 6248? Which processor is faster?

Compare the available specifications of these models.

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition has a base frequency of 4.3 GHz. 16 / 32 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 200 W. Released in 2026-04-22.

Intel Xeon Gold 6248 has a base frequency of 2.50 GHz. 20 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 150 W. Released in Q2/2019.

Differences

  • Higher clock speed

    Around 72% better clock speed

    4.3 GHz left arrow 2.50 GHz
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 44% higher specified turbo frequency

    5.6 GHz left arrow 3.90 GHz
  • More number of cores

    4 more cores

    20 left arrow 16
  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    150 W left arrow 200 W

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition
Intel Xeon Gold 6248 Intel Xeon Gold 6248
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • Family
    Ryzen left arrow Intel Xeon Gold
  • Form Factor
    Desktops / Boxed Processor left arrow -
  • Segment
    Desktop left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Series
    Ryzen 9000 Series left arrow -
  • CPU group
    - left arrow Intel Xeon Gold 5200/6200
  • Generation
    - left arrow 2
CPU Technical specs

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

  • Base Frequency
    4.3 GHz left arrow 2.5 GHz
  • CPU Cores
    16 left arrow 20
  • CPU Threads
    32 left arrow 40
  • Max. Boost Clock
    5.6 GHz left arrow -
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow No
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    5.6 GHz left arrow 3.9 GHz
  • Core architecture
    - left arrow normal
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    - left arrow Yes
  • Turbo Frequency (20 Cores)
    - left arrow 3 GHz
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • GPU Frequency
    2200 MHz left arrow -
  • GPU name
    AMD Radeon Graphics left arrow no iGPU
  • Graphics Cores
    2 left arrow -
  • GPU Turbo
    - left arrow No turbo
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • AV1
    - left arrow No
  • H.264 / AVC
    - left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    - left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    - left arrow No
  • JPEG
    - left arrow No
  • VC-1
    - left arrow No
  • VP8
    - left arrow No
  • VP9
    - left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Xeon Gold 6248 and AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 6
  • Memory type
    DDR5 left arrow DDR4-2933
  • PCIe
    PCIe 5.0 left arrow -
  • ECC
    - left arrow Yes
  • PCIe lanes
    - left arrow 48
  • PCIe version
    - left arrow 3.0
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    - left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition and Intel Xeon Gold 6248 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

  • Default TDP
    200 W left arrow -
  • Maximum Operating Temperature
    95 °C left arrow -
  • TDP (PL1 / PBP, legacy combined label)
    200 W left arrow -
  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    - left arrow 150 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition and Intel Xeon Gold 6248, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Zen 5 left arrow Cascade Lake
  • Codename
    Granite Ridge AM5 left arrow -
  • I/O die process
    TSMC 6nm FinFET left arrow -
  • L2-Cache
    16 MB left arrow -
  • L3-Cache
    192 MB left arrow 27.5 MB
  • Release date
    2026-04-22 left arrow Q2/2019
  • Socket
    AM5 left arrow LGA 3647
  • Technology
    TSMC 4nm FinFET left arrow 14 nm
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    - left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    - left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
  • Virtualization
    - left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d

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