Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U vs Xeon Gold 5120T
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Gold 5120T outperforms Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U by a whopping 162% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 872 | 1591 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.94 | no data |
| Market segment | Server | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Xeon Gold | AMD Ryzen 5 |
| Power efficiency | 10.50 | 28.09 |
| Designer | Intel | AMD |
| Manufacturer | no data | GlobalFoundries |
| Architecture codename | Skylake (server) (2017−2018) | Picasso (2019−2022) |
| Release date | 11 July 2017 (8 years ago) | 8 April 2019 (6 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1,727 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Xeon Gold 5120T and Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U 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) | 4 (Quad-Core) |
| Threads | 28 | 8 |
| Base clock speed | 2.2 GHz | 2.1 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.2 GHz | 3.7 GHz |
| Bus type | no data | PCIe 3.0 |
| Multiplier | 22 | 21 |
| L1 cache | 896 KB | 384 KB |
| L2 cache | 14 MB | 2 MB |
| L3 cache | 19.25 MB | 4 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 12 nm |
| Die size | no data | 209.78 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 89 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | no data | 4940 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | + |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon Gold 5120T and Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U 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 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | FCLGA3647 | FP5 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 105 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 5120T and Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U. 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 | XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| 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 5120T and Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U 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 Gold 5120T and Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U 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 Gold 5120T and Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2400 | DDR4 Dual-channel |
| Maximum memory size | 768 GB | 32 GB |
| Max memory channels | 6 | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 115.212 GB/s | 38.397 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) ( - 1200 MHz) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 5120T and Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 48 | 12 |
Synthetic benchmarks
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 10.28 | 3.93 |
| Recency | 11 July 2017 | 8 April 2019 |
| Physical cores | 14 | 4 |
| Threads | 28 | 8 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 105 Watt | 15 Watt |
Xeon Gold 5120T has a 161.6% higher aggregate performance score, and 250% more physical cores and 250% more threads.
Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 16.7% more advanced lithography process, and 600% lower power consumption.
The Intel Xeon Gold 5120T is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U in performance tests.
Be aware that Xeon Gold 5120T is a server/workstation processor while Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U is a notebook one.
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