Ryzen 5 5600H vs Xeon Gold 6258R

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6258R and Ryzen 5 5600H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	52	665
Place by popularity	not in top-100	43
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	27.40	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	Intel Xeon Gold	AMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)	Cezanne-H (Zen 3)
Release date	24 February 2020 (4 years ago)	7 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,950	no data
Current price	$2819 (0.7x MSRP)	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6258R and Ryzen 5 5600H 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	28 (Octacosa-Core)	6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads	56	12
Base clock speed	2.7 GHz	3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	4 GHz	4.2 GHz
Bus support	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	1.75 MB	384 KB
L2 cache	28 MB	3 MB
L3 cache	38.5 MB	16 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm
Maximum core temperature	74 °C	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6258R and Ryzen 5 5600H 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)	205 Watt	45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6258R and Ryzen 5 5600H. 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	DDR4-3200/LPDDR4-4266 RAM, PCIe 3, 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, SME
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	no data	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	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 6258R and Ryzen 5 5600H 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 6258R and Ryzen 5 5600H 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 6258R and Ryzen 5 5600H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2933	DDR4
Maximum memory size	1 TB	no data
Max memory channels	6	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	140.8 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon RX Vega 7

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6258R and Ryzen 5 5600H.

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.

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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 6258R outperforms Ryzen 5 5600H by 276% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	41.37	11.00
Recency	24 February 2020	7 January 2021
Physical cores	28	6
Threads	56	12
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	205 Watt	45 Watt

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