Xeon Gold 6538N vs Ryzen 5 PRO 6650HS

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Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 PRO 6650HS and Xeon Gold 6538N processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated165
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data21.85
Market segmentLaptopServer
Power efficiencyno data13.05
Architecture codenameRembrandt-HS (Zen 3+) (2022)Emerald Rapids (2023)
Release date19 April 2022 (2 years ago)14 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$3,351

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 PRO 6650HS and Xeon Gold 6538N 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 cores6 (Hexa-Core)32 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threads1264
Base clock speed3.3 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed4.5 GHz4.1 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)80 KB (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)2 MB (per core)
L3 cache16 MB (shared)60 MB (shared)
Chip lithography6 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size208 mm22x 763 mm2
Maximum core temperature95 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data85 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 PRO 6650HS and Xeon Gold 6538N 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 configuration12
SocketFP7FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt205 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 6650HS and Xeon Gold 6538N. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsPRO, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEIntel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Precision Boost 2+no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 PRO 6650HS and Xeon Gold 6538N technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 6650HS and Xeon Gold 6538N are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 6650HS and Xeon Gold 6538N. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5DDR5-5200
Maximum memory sizeno data4 TB
Max memory channelsno data8
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon 660M ( - 1900 MHz)N/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 6650HS and Xeon Gold 6538N.

PCIe version4.05.0
PCI Express lanes2080

Pros & cons summary


Recency 19 April 2022 14 December 2023
Physical cores 6 32
Threads 12 64
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 205 Watt

Ryzen 5 PRO 6650HS has 485.7% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6538N, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 433.3% more physical cores and 433.3% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 5 PRO 6650HS and Xeon Gold 6538N. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Ryzen 5 PRO 6650HS is a notebook processor while Xeon Gold 6538N is a server/workstation one.


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