Ryzen 5 5500 vs Xeon Gold 6135

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6135 and Ryzen 5 5500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated637
Place by popularitynot in top-1001
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data51.90
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
Power efficiencyno data17.78
Architecture codenameno dataCezanne (2021−2024)
Release date1 July 2017 (7 years ago)4 April 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$159

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6135 and Ryzen 5 5500 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads1612
Base clock speed3.4 GHz3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed4.2 GHz4.2 GHz
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cacheno data512K (per core)
L3 cache25 MB16 MB
Chip lithography14 nm7 nm
Die sizeno data180 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data95 °C
Number of transistorsno data10,700 million
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6135 and Ryzen 5 5500 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 configurationno data1
SocketFCLGA3647AM4
Power consumption (TDP)155 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6135 and Ryzen 5 5500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512no data
AES-NI++
AVX-+
vPro+no data
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX+-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
Precision Boost 2no data+

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6135 and Ryzen 5 5500 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 6135 and Ryzen 5 5500 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-x+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6135 and Ryzen 5 5500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size768 GBno data
Max memory channels6no data
ECC memory support+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6135 and Ryzen 5 5500.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes48no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 July 2017 4 April 2022
Physical cores 8 6
Threads 16 12
Chip lithography 14 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 155 Watt 65 Watt

Xeon Gold 6135 has 33.3% more physical cores and 33.3% more threads.

Ryzen 5 5500, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 138.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Gold 6135 and Ryzen 5 5500. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon Gold 6135 is a server/workstation processor while Ryzen 5 5500 is a desktop one.


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