Xeon Silver 4516Y vs Ryzen 9 4900H

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 9 4900H and Xeon Silver 4516Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	580	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	AMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)	no data
Architecture codename	Renoir-H (Zen 2)	no data
Release date	16 March 2020 (4 years ago)	1 October 2023 (less than a year ago)
Current price	$1339	no data

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 9 4900H and Xeon Silver 4516Y 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	48
Base clock speed	3.3 GHz	2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.4 GHz	3.7 GHz
L1 cache	128K (per core)	no data
L2 cache	512K (per core)	no data
L3 cache	12 MB (shared)	45 MB
Chip lithography	7 nm	Intel 7 nm
Die size	156 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	81 °C
Number of transistors	9800 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 9 4900H and Xeon Silver 4516Y 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	FP6	FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)	54 Watt	185 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 9 4900H and Xeon Silver 4516Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	DDR4-3200/LPDDR4-4266 RAM, PCIe 3, MMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA, SHA	Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	no data
AVX	+	no data
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	+
TSX	no data	+
Status	no data	Launched

Security technologies

Ryzen 9 4900H and Xeon Silver 4516Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	+
EDB	no data	+
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® SPS
OS Guard	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 9 4900H and Xeon Silver 4516Y 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 4900H and Xeon Silver 4516Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR5-4400
Maximum memory size	64 GB	4 TB
Max memory channels	4	8
Maximum memory bandwidth	68.27 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 9 4900H and Xeon Silver 4516Y.

PCIe version	3.0	5.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	80

Pros & cons summary

---

Recency	16 March 2020	1 October 2023
Threads	16	48
Power consumption (TDP)	54 Watt	185 Watt

---

Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 9 4900H and Xeon Silver 4516Y, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

Vote for your favorite

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite CPU.

---