Ryzen 9 5900HS vs Xeon Gold 5117F

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 5117F and Ryzen 9 5900HS processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated541
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerLaptop
SeriesIntel Xeon GoldAMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)
Power efficiencyno data36.85
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2018)Cezanne-HS (Zen 3) (2021)
Release date11 July 2017 (7 years ago)12 January 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 5117F and Ryzen 9 5900HS 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 cores14 (Tetradeca-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads2816
Base clock speed2 GHz3 GHz
Boost clock speed2.8 GHz4.6 GHz
Multiplier2030
L1 cache896 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache14 MB512 KB (per core)
L3 cache19.25 MB16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm7 nm
Die sizeno data180 mm2
Maximum core temperature81 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data10,700 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 5117F and Ryzen 9 5900HS 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 configuration4 (Multiprocessor)1
SocketFCLGA3647FP6
Power consumption (TDP)113 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 5117F and Ryzen 9 5900HS. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI++
FMA-+
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX+-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 5117F and Ryzen 9 5900HS technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 5117F and Ryzen 9 5900HS are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-x+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 5117F and Ryzen 9 5900HS. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400DDR4
Maximum memory size768 GBno data
Max memory channels6no data
Maximum memory bandwidth115.212 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 5117F and Ryzen 9 5900HS.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes48no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 July 2017 12 January 2021
Physical cores 14 8
Threads 28 16
Chip lithography 14 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 113 Watt 35 Watt

Xeon Gold 5117F has 75% more physical cores and 75% more threads.

Ryzen 9 5900HS, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 222.9% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Gold 5117F and Ryzen 9 5900HS. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon Gold 5117F is a server/workstation processor while Ryzen 9 5900HS is a notebook one.


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