Ryzen 9 5900X vs Xeon Gold 6250L
General info
Comparing Xeon Gold 6250L and Ryzen 9 5900X processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | 170 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 62 |
| Value for money | no data | 64.38 |
| Market segment | Server | Desktop processor |
| Series | no data | AMD Ryzen 9 |
| Architecture codename | no data | Vermeer (Zen3) (2020) |
| Release date | 1 January 2020 (4 years ago) | 5 November 2020 (3 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $549 |
| Current price | $7803 | $351 (0.6x MSRP) |
Value for money
Performance per price, higher is better.
Technical specs
Xeon Gold 6250L and Ryzen 9 5900X 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) | 12 (Dodeca-Core) |
| Threads | 16 | 24 |
| Base clock speed | 3.9 GHz | 3.7 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 4.5 GHz | 4.8 GHz |
| L1 cache | no data | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | no data | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 35.75 MB | 64 MB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 7 nm |
| Die size | no data | 2x 80.7 + 125 (I/O) mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 60 °C | no data |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 95 °C |
| 64 bit support | - | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | + |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | Yes |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon Gold 6250L and Ryzen 9 5900X 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 | no data | 1 |
| Socket | FCLGA3647 | AM4 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 185 Watt | 105 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6250L and Ryzen 9 5900X. 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 | 86x MMX(+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A,-64, AMD-V, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHA, Precision Boost 2 |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | no data | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| Speed Shift | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | no data |
| TSX | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | - | no data |
| Status | Launched | no data |
Security technologies
Xeon Gold 6250L and Ryzen 9 5900X 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 6250L and Ryzen 9 5900X are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | no data | + |
| 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 6250L and Ryzen 9 5900X. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2933 | DDR4-3200 |
| Maximum memory size | 4.5 TB | 128 GB |
| Max memory channels | 6 | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 51.196 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6250L and Ryzen 9 5900X.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 48 | no data |
Advantages and disadvantages
| Recency | 1 January 2020 | 5 November 2020 |
| Physical cores | 8 | 12 |
| Threads | 16 | 24 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 185 Watt | 105 Watt |
We couldn't decide between Xeon Gold 6250L and Ryzen 9 5900X. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Xeon Gold 6250L is a server/workstation processor while Ryzen 9 5900X is a desktop one.
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