Xeon Platinum 9222 vs Ryzen 7 3700X

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Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 7 3700X and Xeon Platinum 9222 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking512not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation19.19no data
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
SeriesAMD Ryzen 7Intel Xeon Platinum
Power efficiency20.63no data
Architecture codenameMatisse (Zen 2) (2019−2020)Cascade Lake-AP (2019)
Release date7 July 2019 (5 years ago)2 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$329no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 7 3700X and Xeon Platinum 9222 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)32 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threads1664
Base clock speed3.6 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed4.4 GHz3.7 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data23
L1 cache96K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)1 MB (per core)
L3 cache32 MB71.5 MB (shared)
Chip lithography7 nm, 12 nm14 nm
Number of transistors19,200 million8,000 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 3700X and Xeon Platinum 9222 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)8
SocketAM4Intel BGA5903
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt250 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 3700X and Xeon Platinum 9222. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
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

Security technologies

Ryzen 7 3700X and Xeon Platinum 9222 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 7 3700X and Xeon Platinum 9222 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 3700X and Xeon Platinum 9222. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR4-2933
Maximum memory size128 GB2 TiB
Max memory channels212
Maximum memory bandwidth51.196 GB/s281.6 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 July 2019 2 April 2019
Physical cores 8 32
Threads 16 64
Chip lithography 7 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 250 Watt

Ryzen 7 3700X has an age advantage of 3 months, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 284.6% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 9222, on the other hand, has 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 7 3700X and Xeon Platinum 9222. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Ryzen 7 3700X is a desktop processor while Xeon Platinum 9222 is a server/workstation one.


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