Ryzen 7 3800XT vs Xeon Gold 6161

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6161 and Ryzen 7 3800XT processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated472
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data19.99
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Xeon GoldAMD Ryzen 7
Power efficiencyno data13.39
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2018)Matisse (Zen 2) (2019−2020)
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)7 July 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$399

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6161 and Ryzen 7 3800XT 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 cores22 (Docosa-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads4416
Base clock speedno data3.8 GHz
Boost clock speed2.2 GHz4.7 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier22no data
L1 cache1.375 MB96K (per core)
L2 cache22 MB512K (per core)
L3 cache30.25 MB32 MB
Chip lithography14 nm7 nm, 12 nm
Die sizeno data74 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data95 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data95 °C
Number of transistorsno data3,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6161 and Ryzen 7 3800XT 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
SocketSocket PAM4
Power consumption (TDP)165 Watt105 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6161 and Ryzen 7 3800XT. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, 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
TSX+-
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6161 and Ryzen 7 3800XT are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6161 and Ryzen 7 3800XT. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channels62
Maximum memory bandwidth128.001 GB/s51.196 GB/s
ECC memory support+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6161 and Ryzen 7 3800XT.

PCIe versionno data4.0

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 22 8
Threads 44 16
Chip lithography 14 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 165 Watt 105 Watt

Xeon Gold 6161 has 175% more physical cores and 175% more threads.

Ryzen 7 3800XT, on the other hand, has a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 57.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Gold 6161 and Ryzen 7 3800XT. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon Gold 6161 is a server/workstation processor while Ryzen 7 3800XT is a desktop one.


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Intel Xeon Gold 6161
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