Ryzen 5 5500 vs Xeon Silver 4109T
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 5 5500 outperforms Xeon Silver 4109T by an impressive 87% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1281 | 816 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 1 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 1.06 | 48.34 |
| Market segment | Server | Desktop processor |
| Series | Intel Xeon Silver | no data |
| Power efficiency | 9.00 | 18.07 |
| Designer | Intel | AMD |
| Manufacturer | no data | TSMC |
| Architecture codename | Skylake (server) (2017−2018) | Cezanne (2021−2025) |
| Release date | 11 July 2017 (8 years ago) | 4 April 2022 (3 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $501 | $159 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Ryzen 5 5500 has 4460% better value for money than Xeon Silver 4109T.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Xeon Silver 4109T and Ryzen 5 5500 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 | 2 GHz | 3.6 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3 GHz | 4.2 GHz |
| Multiplier | 20 | no data |
| L1 cache | 512 KB | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 8 MB | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 11 MB | 16 MB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 7 nm |
| Die size | no data | 180 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 90 °C | no data |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 95 °C |
| Number of transistors | no data | 10,700 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | + |
| Unlocked multiplier | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon Silver 4109T and Ryzen 5 5500 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 | 2 (Multiprocessor) | 1 |
| Socket | FCLGA3647 | AM4 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 70 Watt | 65 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4109T and Ryzen 5 5500. 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 | no data |
| 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 |
| Precision Boost 2 | no data | + |
Security technologies
Xeon Silver 4109T and Ryzen 5 5500 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 Silver 4109T and Ryzen 5 5500 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 Silver 4109T and Ryzen 5 5500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2400 | DDR4-3200 |
| Maximum memory size | 768 GB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 6 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 115.212 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4109T and Ryzen 5 5500.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 48 | no data |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 5.86 | 10.93 |
| Recency | 11 July 2017 | 4 April 2022 |
| Physical cores | 8 | 6 |
| Threads | 16 | 12 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 70 Watt | 65 Watt |
Xeon Silver 4109T has 33.3% more physical cores and 33.3% more threads.
Ryzen 5 5500, on the other hand, has a 86.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 7.7% lower power consumption.
The AMD Ryzen 5 5500 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Xeon Silver 4109T in performance tests.
Be aware that Xeon Silver 4109T is a server/workstation processor while Ryzen 5 5500 is a desktop one.
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