Ryzen 5 5500U vs Xeon Gold 6132

Aggregate performance score

Xeon Gold 6132
2017
14 cores / 28 threads, 140 Watt
13.96
+70.5%
Ryzen 5 5500U
2021
6 cores / 12 threads, 25 Watt
8.19

Xeon Gold 6132 outperforms Ryzen 5 5500U by an impressive 70% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6132 and Ryzen 5 5500U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking524919
Place by popularitynot in top-10014
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.83no data
Market segmentServerLaptop
SeriesIntel Xeon GoldAMD Lucienne (Zen 2, Ryzen 5000)
Power efficiency9.4431.00
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2018)Lucienne-U (Zen 2) (2021)
Release date25 April 2017 (7 years ago)12 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,111no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6132 and Ryzen 5 5500U 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)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads2812
Base clock speed2.6 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz4 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier2621
L1 cache896 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache14 MB512K (per core)
L3 cache19.25 MB8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm7 nm
Die sizeno data156 mm2
Maximum core temperature86 °C105 °C
Number of transistorsno data9,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6132 and Ryzen 5 5500U 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)140 Watt25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6132 and Ryzen 5 5500U. 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 6132 and Ryzen 5 5500U 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 6132 and Ryzen 5 5500U 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 6132 and Ryzen 5 5500U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666DDR4
Maximum memory size768 GB64 GB
Max memory channels6no data
Maximum memory bandwidth128.001 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon Vega 7

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6132 and Ryzen 5 5500U.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4812

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.

Xeon Gold 6132 13.96
+70.5%
Ryzen 5 5500U 8.19

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.

Xeon Gold 6132 22180
+70.4%
Ryzen 5 5500U 13017

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.

Xeon Gold 6132 1114
Ryzen 5 5500U 1286
+15.4%

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.

Xeon Gold 6132 9096
+101%
Ryzen 5 5500U 4530

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 13.96 8.19
Recency 25 April 2017 12 January 2021
Physical cores 14 6
Threads 28 12
Chip lithography 14 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 140 Watt 25 Watt

Xeon Gold 6132 has a 70.5% higher aggregate performance score, and 133.3% more physical cores and 133.3% more threads.

Ryzen 5 5500U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 460% lower power consumption.

The Xeon Gold 6132 is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 5 5500U in performance tests.

Be aware that Xeon Gold 6132 is a server/workstation processor while Ryzen 5 5500U is a notebook one.


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