Ryzen 7 5700U vs Xeon Silver 4116
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 7 5700U outperforms Xeon Silver 4116 by a small 7% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Xeon Silver 4116 and Ryzen 7 5700U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 819 | 771 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 10 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 5.51 | no data |
| Market segment | Server | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Xeon Silver | AMD Lucienne (Zen 2, Ryzen 5000) |
| Power efficiency | 10.35 | 62.90 |
| Architecture codename | Skylake (server) (2017−2018) | Lucienne-U (Zen 2) (2021) |
| Release date | 11 July 2017 (7 years ago) | 12 January 2021 (3 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1,002 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Xeon Silver 4116 and Ryzen 7 5700U 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 | 12 (Dodeca-Core) | 8 (Octa-Core) |
| Threads | 24 | 16 |
| Base clock speed | 2.1 GHz | 1.8 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3 GHz | 4.3 GHz |
| Multiplier | 21 | 18 |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 16.5 MB (shared) | 8 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 7 nm |
| Die size | no data | 156 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 76 °C | 105 °C |
| Number of transistors | 8,000 million | 9,800 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | + |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon Silver 4116 and Ryzen 7 5700U 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 | FP6 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 85 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4116 and Ryzen 7 5700U. 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, SME |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| FMA | - | + |
| 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 |
Security technologies
Xeon Silver 4116 and Ryzen 7 5700U 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 4116 and Ryzen 7 5700U 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 4116 and Ryzen 7 5700U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2400 | DDR4 |
| Maximum memory size | 768 GB | 64 GB |
| Max memory channels | 6 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 115.212 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4116 and Ryzen 7 5700U.
| 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.
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.
GeekBench 5 Single-Core
GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 9.30 | 9.97 |
| Recency | 11 July 2017 | 12 January 2021 |
| Physical cores | 12 | 8 |
| Threads | 24 | 16 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 85 Watt | 15 Watt |
Xeon Silver 4116 has 50% more physical cores and 50% more threads.
Ryzen 7 5700U, on the other hand, has a 7.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 466.7% lower power consumption.
Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Xeon Silver 4116 and Ryzen 7 5700U.
Be aware that Xeon Silver 4116 is a server/workstation processor while Ryzen 7 5700U is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon Silver 4116 and Ryzen 7 5700U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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