Ryzen 5 4680U vs Xeon Gold 6250
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Gold 6250 outperforms Ryzen 5 4680U by an impressive 61% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Xeon Gold 6250 and Ryzen 5 4680U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 565 | 919 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Server | Laptop |
| Series | no data | AMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU) |
| Power efficiency | 6.74 | 51.49 |
| Architecture codename | no data | Renoir-U (Zen 2) (2020−2021) |
| Release date | 1 January 2020 (4 years ago) | 13 April 2021 (3 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Xeon Gold 6250 and Ryzen 5 4680U 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 | 8 (Octa-Core) | 6 (Hexa-Core) |
| Threads | 16 | 12 |
| Base clock speed | 3.9 GHz | 2.1 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 4.5 GHz | 4 GHz |
| Multiplier | no data | 21 |
| L1 cache | no data | 384 KB |
| L2 cache | no data | 3 MB |
| L3 cache | 35.75 MB | 8 MB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 7 nm |
| Die size | no data | 156 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 60 °C | 105 °C |
| Number of transistors | no data | 9800 Million |
| 64 bit support | - | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | - |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon Gold 6250 and Ryzen 5 4680U 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.
| Socket | FCLGA3647 | FP6 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 185 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6250 and Ryzen 5 4680U. 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 | 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 |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| FMA | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| 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 |
| Deep Learning Boost | + | - |
Security technologies
Xeon Gold 6250 and Ryzen 5 4680U 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 6250 and Ryzen 5 4680U 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 6250 and Ryzen 5 4680U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2933 | DDR4 |
| Maximum memory size | 1 TB | 64 GB |
| Max memory channels | 6 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 68.27 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | AMD Radeon Vega 7 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6250 and Ryzen 5 4680U.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 48 | no data |
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 13.67 | 8.47 |
| Recency | 1 January 2020 | 13 April 2021 |
| Physical cores | 8 | 6 |
| Threads | 16 | 12 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 185 Watt | 15 Watt |
Xeon Gold 6250 has a 61.4% higher aggregate performance score, and 33.3% more physical cores and 33.3% more threads.
Ryzen 5 4680U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 1133.3% lower power consumption.
The Xeon Gold 6250 is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 5 4680U in performance tests.
Be aware that Xeon Gold 6250 is a server/workstation processor while Ryzen 5 4680U is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon Gold 6250 and Ryzen 5 4680U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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