Xeon Silver 4216 vs Ryzen 9 3900X

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 9 3900X and Xeon Silver 4216 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	236	526
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	36.41	8.12
Market segment	Desktop processor	Server
Series	AMD Ryzen 9	Intel Xeon Silver
Architecture codename	Matisse (Zen 2) (2019−2020)	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date	7 July 2019 (4 years ago)	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$499	$1,002
Current price	$381 (0.8x MSRP)	$1626 (1.6x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Ryzen 9 3900X has 348% better value for money than Xeon Silver 4216.

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 9 3900X and Xeon Silver 4216 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	12 (Dodeca-Core)	16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads	24	32
Base clock speed	3.8 GHz	2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.6 GHz	3.2 GHz
L1 cache	96K (per core)	1 MB
L2 cache	512K (per core)	16 MB
L3 cache	64 MB	22 MB
Chip lithography	7 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	79 °C
Number of transistors	19,200 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	Yes	No

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 9 3900X and Xeon Silver 4216 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 (Uniprocessor)	2 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	AM4	FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)	125 Watt	100 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 9 3900X and Xeon Silver 4216. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	+
TSX	no data	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	-
Status	no data	Launched

Security technologies

Ryzen 9 3900X and Xeon Silver 4216 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	+
EDB	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 9 3900X and Xeon Silver 4216 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	no data
VT-d	no data	+
VT-x	no data	+
EPT	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 9 3900X and Xeon Silver 4216. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4 Dual-channel	DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size	128 GB	1 TB
Max memory channels	2	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	51.196 GB/s	115.212 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 9 3900X and Xeon Silver 4216.

PCIe version	no data	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	48

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.

Ryzen 9 3900X outperforms Xeon Silver 4216 by 58% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	21.11	13.33
Recency	7 July 2019	2 April 2019
Physical cores	12	16
Threads	24	32
Cost	$499	$1002
Chip lithography	7 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	125 Watt	100 Watt

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