Ryzen 5 3550H vs Xeon E7-8850

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E7-8850 and Ryzen 5 3550H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	not rated	1150
Place by popularity	not in top-100	83
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	Intel Xeon E7	AMD Ryzen 5
Architecture codename	Westmere-EX (2011)	Picasso-U (Zen+)
Release date	3 April 2011 (13 years ago)	6 January 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,059	no data
Current price	$2599 (0.8x MSRP)	$734

Detailed specifications

Xeon E7-8850 and Ryzen 5 3550H 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	10 (Deca-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	20	8
Base clock speed	2 GHz	2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.4 GHz	3.7 GHz
Bus support	6.4 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	64K (per core)	128K (per core)
L2 cache	256K (per core)	512K (per core)
L3 cache	30 MB (shared)	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	32 nm	12 nm
Die size	513 mm2	209.78 mm2
Maximum core temperature	69 °C	105 °C
Number of transistors	2,600 million	4500 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E7-8850 and Ryzen 5 3550H 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	8	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	LGA1567	FP5
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E7-8850 and Ryzen 5 3550H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	DDR4-2400 RAM, PCIe 3, MMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHA
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	1.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	no data
Status	Discontinued	no data

Security technologies

Xeon E7-8850 and Ryzen 5 3550H 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 E7-8850 and Ryzen 5 3550H 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 Xeon E7-8850 and Ryzen 5 3550H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4
Maximum memory size	4 TB	64 GB
Max memory channels	4	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	34.113 GB/s	38.4 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E7-8850 and Ryzen 5 3550H.

PCIe version	no data	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	12

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	3 April 2011	6 January 2019
Physical cores	10	4
Threads	20	8
Chip lithography	32 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	35 Watt

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