Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U vs Xeon Gold 6126
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Gold 6126 outperforms Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U by a whopping 173% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Xeon Gold 6126 and Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 643 | 1333 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 4.25 | no data |
| Market segment | Server | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Xeon Gold | AMD Ryzen 5 |
| Power efficiency | 9.15 | 27.97 |
| Architecture codename | Skylake (server) (2017−2018) | Picasso (2019−2022) |
| Release date | 25 April 2017 (7 years ago) | 8 April 2019 (5 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1,776 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Xeon Gold 6126 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 | 12 (Dodeca-Core) | 4 (Quad-Core) |
| Threads | 24 | 8 |
| Base clock speed | 2.6 GHz | 2.1 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.7 GHz | 3.7 GHz |
| Bus type | DMI 3.0 | PCIe 3.0 |
| Bus rate | 4 × 8 GT/s | no data |
| Multiplier | 26 | 21 |
| L1 cache | 768 KB | 128K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 12 MB | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 19.25 MB | 4 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 12 nm |
| Die size | no data | 209.78 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 86 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | no data | 4940 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | + |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon Gold 6126 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) | 125 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6126 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 6126 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 6126 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 6126 and Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2666 | DDR4 Dual-channel |
| Maximum memory size | 768 GB | 32 GB |
| Max memory channels | 6 | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 128.001 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 6126 and Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 48 | 12 |
Synthetic benchmark performance
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. 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.
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.
GeekBench 5 Single-Core
GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 12.08 | 4.43 |
| Recency | 25 April 2017 | 8 April 2019 |
| Physical cores | 12 | 4 |
| Threads | 24 | 8 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 125 Watt | 15 Watt |
Xeon Gold 6126 has a 172.7% higher aggregate performance score, and 200% more physical cores and 200% 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 733.3% lower power consumption.
The Xeon Gold 6126 is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U in performance tests.
Be aware that Xeon Gold 6126 is a server/workstation processor while Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon Gold 6126 and Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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