Ryzen 9 5950X vs Xeon E7-8850

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E7-8850 and Ryzen 9 5950X processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	158
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	26.75
Market segment	Server	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Xeon E7	AMD Ryzen 9
Power efficiency	no data	25.88
Architecture codename	Westmere-EX (2011)	Vermeer (Zen 3) (2020−2022)
Release date	5 April 2011 (13 years ago)	8 October 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,059	$799

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E7-8850 and Ryzen 9 5950X 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)	16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads	20	32
Base clock speed	2 GHz	3.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.4 GHz	4.9 GHz
Bus type	QPI	no data
Bus rate	6.4 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	15	34
L1 cache	640 KB	1 MB
L2 cache	2.56 MB	8 MB
L3 cache	24 MB	64 MB
Chip lithography	32 nm	7 nm, 12 nm
Die size	513 mm2	CPU cores: 2x 80.7 sq. mm., I/O: 125 mm2
Maximum core temperature	69 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	95 °C
Number of transistors	2600 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E7-8850 and Ryzen 9 5950X 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 (Multiprocessor)	1
Socket	LGA1567	AM4
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	105 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E7-8850 and Ryzen 9 5950X. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Xeon E7-8850 and Ryzen 9 5950X 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 9 5950X are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
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 9 5950X. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4
Maximum memory size	4 TB	128 GB
Max memory channels	4	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	34.113 GB/s	51.196 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E7-8850 and Ryzen 9 5950X.

PCIe version

no data

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	5 April 2011	8 October 2020
Physical cores	10	16
Threads	20	32
Chip lithography	32 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	105 Watt

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