Xeon Gold 5520+ vs Ryzen 7 4700U
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Gold 5520+ outperforms Ryzen 7 4700U by a whopping 365% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1080 | 111 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 23.67 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Server |
| Series | AMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU) | no data |
| Power efficiency | 21.13 | 7.18 |
| Designer | AMD | Intel |
| Manufacturer | TSMC | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Renoir-U (Zen 2) (2020−2021) | Emerald Rapids (2023) |
| Release date | 6 January 2020 (5 years ago) | 14 December 2023 (1 year ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $1,640 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Ryzen 7 4700U and Xeon Gold 5520+ 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 | 8 (Octa-Core) | 28 (Octacosa-Core) |
| Threads | 8 | 56 |
| Base clock speed | 2 GHz | 2.2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 4.1 GHz | 4 GHz |
| Multiplier | 20 | no data |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | 80 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 512 KB (per core) | 2 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 8 MB (shared) | 52.5 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 10 nm |
| Die size | 156 mm2 | 2x 763 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 105 °C | no data |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 85 °C |
| Number of transistors | 9,800 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 7 4700U and Xeon Gold 5520+ 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 | 2 |
| Socket | FP6 | 4677 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 205 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 4700U and Xeon Gold 5520+. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME | no data |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| FMA | + | - |
| AVX | + | + |
| vPro | no data | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| TSX | - | + |
Security technologies
Ryzen 7 4700U and Xeon Gold 5520+ technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 7 4700U and Xeon Gold 5520+ are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
| VT-d | no data | + |
| VT-x | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 4700U and Xeon Gold 5520+. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 | DDR5 |
| Maximum memory size | 64 GB | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 68.27 GB/s | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 ( - 1600 MHz) | N/A |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 4700U and Xeon Gold 5520+.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 5.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 80 |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 7.51 | 34.89 |
| Recency | 6 January 2020 | 14 December 2023 |
| Physical cores | 8 | 28 |
| Threads | 8 | 56 |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 10 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 205 Watt |
Ryzen 7 4700U has a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 1266.7% lower power consumption.
Xeon Gold 5520+, on the other hand, has a 364.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, and 250% more physical cores and 600% more threads.
The Intel Xeon Gold 5520+ is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Ryzen 7 4700U in performance tests.
Be aware that Ryzen 7 4700U is a notebook processor while Xeon Gold 5520+ is a server/workstation one.
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