Xeon Gold 5218 vs Ryzen 5 3550H

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 3550H and Xeon Gold 5218 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1151	481
Place by popularity	82	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	8.83
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	AMD Ryzen 5	Intel Xeon Gold
Architecture codename	Picasso-U (Zen+)	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date	6 January 2019 (5 years ago)	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$1,273
Current price	$734	$1633 (1.3x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 3550H and Xeon Gold 5218 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	4 (Quad-Core)	16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads	8	32
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.7 GHz	3.9 GHz
Bus support	no data	4 × 8 GT/s
L1 cache	128K (per core)	1 MB
L2 cache	512K (per core)	16 MB
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	22 MB
Chip lithography	12 nm	14 nm
Die size	209.78 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	87 °C
Number of transistors	4500 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 3550H and Xeon Gold 5218 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1 (Uniprocessor)	4 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	FP5	FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 3550H and Xeon Gold 5218. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	DDR4-2400 RAM, PCIe 3, MMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHA	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	+
TSX	no data	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	-
Status	no data	Launched

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 3550H and Xeon Gold 5218 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	+
EDB	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 3550H and Xeon Gold 5218 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	no data
VT-d	no data	+
VT-x	no data	+
EPT	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 3550H and Xeon Gold 5218. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR4-2667
Maximum memory size	64 GB	1 TB
Max memory channels	2	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	38.4 GB/s	128.001 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 3550H and Xeon Gold 5218.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	12	48

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Xeon Gold 5218 outperforms Ryzen 5 3550H by 182% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	5.04	14.21
Recency	6 January 2019	2 April 2019
Physical cores	4	16
Threads	8	32
Chip lithography	12 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	125 Watt

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