Intel Xeon Platinum 8176 vs AMD Ryzen 7 3800X

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Combined performance score

Ryzen 7 3800X
15.09

General info

Comparing Ryzen 7 3800X and Xeon Platinum 8176 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking405404
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money30.955.88
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
SeriesAMD Ryzen 7Intel Xeon Platinum
Architecture codenameMatisse (2019−2020)Skylake (server) (2017−2019)
Release date7 July 2019 (4 years old)25 April 2017 (6 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$399$8,719
Current price$298 (0.7x MSRP)$1595 (0.2x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Ryzen 7 3800X has 426% better value for money than Xeon Platinum 8176.

Technical specs

Ryzen 7 3800X and Xeon Platinum 8176 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)28 (Octacosa-Core)
Threads1656
Base clock speed3.9 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed4.5 GHz3.8 GHz
L1 cache96K (per core)1.75 MB
L2 cache512K (per core)28 MB
L3 cache32 MB38.5 MB
Chip lithography7 nm, 12 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data89 °C
Number of transistors19,200 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 3800X and Xeon Platinum 8176 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 (Multiprocessor)
SocketAM4FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)105 Watt165 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 3800X and Xeon Platinum 8176. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSXno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
Statusno dataDiscontinued

Security technologies

Ryzen 7 3800X and Xeon Platinum 8176 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 7 3800X and Xeon Platinum 8176 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+no data
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 3800X and Xeon Platinum 8176. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR4-2666
Maximum memory size128 GB768 GB
Max memory channels26
Maximum memory bandwidth51.196 GB/s128.001 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 3800X and Xeon Platinum 8176.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data48

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


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.

Ryzen 7 3800X 15.09
Xeon Platinum 8176 15.09

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Ryzen 7 3800X 23179
Xeon Platinum 8176 23179

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 7 July 2019 25 April 2017
Physical cores 8 28
Threads 16 56
Cost $399 $8719
Chip lithography 7 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 105 Watt 165 Watt

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 7 3800X and Xeon Platinum 8176. The differences in performance seem too small.

Be aware that Ryzen 7 3800X is a desktop processor while Xeon Platinum 8176 is a server/workstation one.


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