Xeon Platinum 8468H vs Ryzen 9 5900

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Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 9 5900 and Xeon Platinum 8468H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking246not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
SeriesAMD Ryzen 9no data
Power efficiency31.47no data
Architecture codenameVermeer (2020−2024)Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date12 January 2021 (3 years ago)10 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$13,923

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 9 5900 and Xeon Platinum 8468H 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 cores12 (Dodeca-Core)48 (Octatetraconta-Core)
Threads2496
Base clock speed3 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed4.7 GHz3.8 GHz
Multiplier30no data
L1 cache64K (per core)80K (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)2 MB (per core)
L3 cache64 MB105 MB
Chip lithography7 nm, 12 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size81 mm24x 477 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)95 °C77 °C
Number of transistors4,150 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 9 5900 and Xeon Platinum 8468H 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 configuration18
SocketAM4FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt330 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 9 5900 and Xeon Platinum 8468H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AMX, Intel® 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+
TSX-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Ryzen 9 5900 and Xeon Platinum 8468H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 9 5900 and Xeon Platinum 8468H are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 9 5900 and Xeon Platinum 8468H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-3200DDR5-4800, DDR5-4400
Maximum memory size128 GB4 TB
Max memory channelsno data8
Maximum memory bandwidth51.196 GB/sno data
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 9 5900 and Xeon Platinum 8468H.

PCIe version4.05.0
PCI Express lanesno data80

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 January 2021 10 January 2023
Physical cores 12 48
Threads 24 96
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 330 Watt

Ryzen 9 5900 has 407.7% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 8468H, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 9 5900 and Xeon Platinum 8468H. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Ryzen 9 5900 is a desktop processor while Xeon Platinum 8468H is a server/workstation one.


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