Pentium Silver vs Ryzen 7 5800X

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 7 5800X and Pentium Silver processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	361	1972
Place by popularity	49	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	24.49	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	AMD Ryzen 7	no data
Power efficiency	15.79	no data
Architecture codename	Vermeer (Zen 3) (2020−2022)	no data
Release date	5 November 2020 (4 years ago)	1 July 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$449	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 7 5800X and Pentium Silver 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)	no data
Threads	16	no data
Base clock speed	3.8 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	4.7 GHz	no data
Multiplier	38	no data
L1 cache	64K (per core)	no data
L2 cache	512K (per core)	no data
L3 cache	32 MB	no data
Chip lithography	7 nm, 12 nm	no data
Die size	2 x 80.7 sq. mm; I/O = 125 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	95 °C	no data
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-
Unlocked multiplier	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 5800X and Pentium Silver 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	no data
Socket	AM4	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	no data

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 5800X and Pentium Silver. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	MMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHA	no data
AES-NI	+	-
AVX	+	-
Precision Boost 2	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 7 5800X and Pentium Silver are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 5800X and Pentium Silver. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	no data
Maximum memory size	128 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	51.196 GB/s	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 5800X and Pentium Silver.

PCIe version

4.0

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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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	17.52	1.91
Recency	5 November 2020	1 July 2020

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