Ryzen 3 5425U vs Xeon Gold 5222

Primary Details

Comparing Xeon Gold 5222 and Ryzen 3 5425U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	990	885
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation	2.96	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	Intel Xeon Gold	AMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)	Barcelo-U (Zen 3)
Release date	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)	6 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,221	no data
Current price	$1649 (1.4x MSRP)	no data

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed Specifications

Xeon Gold 5222 and Ryzen 3 5425U 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	4 (Quad-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	8	8
Base clock speed	3.8 GHz	2.7 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.9 GHz	4.1 GHz
Bus support	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	256 KB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	4 MB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	16.5 MB	8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm
Die size	no data	180 mm2
Maximum core temperature	72 °C	95 °C
Number of transistors	no data	10,700 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 5222 and Ryzen 3 5425U 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)	105 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 5222 and Ryzen 3 5425U. 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	DDR4-3200/LPDDR4x-4266 RAM (incl. ECC), PCIe 3, 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	no data	+
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	+	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data
Status	Launched	no data

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 5222 and Ryzen 3 5425U 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 5222 and Ryzen 3 5425U 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 Gold 5222 and Ryzen 3 5425U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2933	DDR4, DDR4
Maximum memory size	1 TB	no data
Max memory channels	6	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	140.8 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 5222 and Ryzen 3 5425U.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	48	16

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Ryzen 3 5425U outperforms Xeon Gold 5222 by 20% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Pros & Cons Summary

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Performance score	6.14	7.39
Recency	2 April 2019	6 January 2022
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	15 Watt

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