Ryzen 5 7520U vs Xeon Silver 4216

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Silver 4216 and Ryzen 5 7520U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	511	1009
Place by popularity	not in top-100	5
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	8.14	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	Intel Xeon Silver	Mendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020)
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)	Mendocino-U (Zen 2)
Release date	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)	20 September 2022 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,002	no data
Current price	$1626 (1.6x MSRP)	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4216 and Ryzen 5 7520U 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	16 (Hexadeca-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	32	8
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.2 GHz	4.3 GHz
L1 cache	1 MB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	16 MB	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	22 MB	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	6 nm
Die size	no data	100 mm2
Maximum core temperature	79 °C	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4216 and Ryzen 5 7520U 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)	100 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4216 and Ryzen 5 7520U. 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	LPDDR5-5500 RAM, PCIe 3, 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	+	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data
Status	Launched	no data

Security technologies

Xeon Silver 4216 and Ryzen 5 7520U 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 4216 and Ryzen 5 7520U 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 Silver 4216 and Ryzen 5 7520U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR5
Maximum memory size	1 TB	no data
Max memory channels	6	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	115.212 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 610M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4216 and Ryzen 5 7520U.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	48	4

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 Silver 4216 outperforms Ryzen 5 7520U by 121% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	13.33	6.02
Recency	2 April 2019	20 September 2022
Physical cores	16	4
Threads	32	8
Chip lithography	14 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	15 Watt

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