Infrared detectors require cryogenic operation to suppress dark current, which is typically limited by Auger processes in narrow-band-gap semiconductor materials. Device structures designed to reduce carrier density under nonequilibrium reverse-bias operation provide a means to suppress Auger generation and to reduce dark current and subsequent cryogenic cooling requirements. This study closely examines mercury cadmium telluride (HgCdTe) p <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">+</sup> /ν/n <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">+</sup> device structures exhibiting Auger suppression, comparing the simulated device behavior and performance metrics to those obtained for conventional HgCdTe p <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">+</sup> /ν detector structures. Calculated detectivity values of high-operating-temperature and double-layer planar heterojunction devices demonstrate consistently higher background limited performance (BLIP) temperatures over a range of cutoff wavelengths. BLIP temperature improvements of Δ <i xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">T</i> <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">BLIP</sub> ~ 48 K and 43 K were extracted from simulations for midwavelength infrared and long wavelength infrared devices, respectively. These studies predict that Auger-suppressed detectors provide a significant advantage over conventional detectors with an increased operating temperature of approximately 40 K for equivalent performance for devices with cutoff wavelength in the range of 5-12 μm .