Ryzen 5 3550H vs Xeon Platinum 8168

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Platinum 8168 and Ryzen 5 3550H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	255	1212
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.87	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	Intel Xeon Platinum	AMD Ryzen 5
Architecture codename	Skylake (server) (2017−2019)	Picasso-U (Zen+) (2019−2020)
Release date	25 April 2017 (7 years ago)	6 January 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$5,890	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Platinum 8168 and Ryzen 5 3550H 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	24 (Tetracosa-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	48	8
Base clock speed	2.7 GHz	2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.7 GHz	3.7 GHz
Bus type	no data	PCIe 3.0
Multiplier	27	21
L1 cache	1.5 MB	384 KB
L2 cache	24 MB	2 MB
L3 cache	33 MB	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	12 nm
Die size	no data	209.78 mm2
Maximum core temperature	85 °C	105 °C
Number of transistors	no data	4940 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 8168 and Ryzen 5 3550H 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	8 (Multiprocessor)	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA3647	FP5
Power consumption (TDP)	205 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 8168 and Ryzen 5 3550H. 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, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHA
AES-NI	+	+
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	+	-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data
Status	Discontinued	no data

Security technologies

Xeon Platinum 8168 and Ryzen 5 3550H 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 Platinum 8168 and Ryzen 5 3550H 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 Platinum 8168 and Ryzen 5 3550H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2666	DDR4
Maximum memory size	768 GB	64 GB
Max memory channels	6	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	128.001 GB/s	38.4 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Platinum 8168 and Ryzen 5 3550H.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	48	12

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.

Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	21.67	5.08
Recency	25 April 2017	6 January 2019
Physical cores	24	4
Threads	48	8
Chip lithography	14 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	205 Watt	35 Watt

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