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 ranking	not rated	539
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	Intel Xeon Gold	AMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)
Power efficiency	no data	36.86
Architecture codename	Skylake (server) (2017−2019)	Cezanne-HS (Zen 3) (2021)
Release date	11 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 cores	14 (Tetradeca-Core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	28	16
Base clock speed	2 GHz	3 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.8 GHz	4.6 GHz
Multiplier	20	30
L1 cache	896 KB	512 KB
L2 cache	14 MB	4 MB
L3 cache	19.25 MB	16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm
Die size	no data	180 mm2
Maximum core temperature	81 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	10,700 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 configuration	4 (Multiprocessor)	1
Socket	FCLGA3647	FP6
Power consumption (TDP)	113 Watt	35 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 extensions	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512	MMX, 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 Technology	2.0	no 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 types	DDR4-2400	DDR4
Maximum memory size	768 GB	no data
Max memory channels	6	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	115.212 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

Peripherals

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

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	48	no data

Pros & cons summary

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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

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