Ryzen 9 5900H vs Xeon E5205

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5205 and Ryzen 9 5900H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2740	532
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)
Architecture codename	no data	Cezanne U (Zen 3) (2021−2022)
Release date	1 October 2007 (16 years ago)	7 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Current price	$163	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5205 and Ryzen 9 5900H 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	no data	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	no data	16
Base clock speed	1.86 GHz	3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	no data	4.6 GHz
L1 cache	no data	512 KB
L2 cache	no data	4 MB
L3 cache	6 MB L2 Cache	16 MB
Chip lithography	45 nm	7 nm
Maximum core temperature	66 °C	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No
VID voltage range	0.95V-1.212V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5205 and Ryzen 9 5900H 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.

Socket	LGA771	FP6
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5205 and Ryzen 9 5900H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
FSB parity	-	no data
Status	Discontinued	no data

Security technologies

Xeon E5205 and Ryzen 9 5900H 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 Xeon E5205 and Ryzen 9 5900H are enumerated here.

VT-x

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no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

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 5900H outperforms Xeon E5205 by 2361% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	0.54	13.29
Recency	1 October 2007	7 January 2021
Chip lithography	45 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	45 Watt

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