Xeon E-2434 vs Ryzen 5 3500X

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 3500X and Xeon E-2434 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking918not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5no data
Power efficiency12.06no data
Architecture codenameMatisse (2019−2020)Raptor Lake-S (2023−2024)
Release date24 September 2019 (5 years ago)14 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$293

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 3500X and Xeon E-2434 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 cores6 (Hexa-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads68
Base clock speed3.6 GHz3.4 GHz
Boost clock speed4.1 GHz5 GHz
Bus rateno data16 GT/s
L1 cache96K (per core)80 KB (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache32 MB (shared)12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography7 nm, 12 nmIntel 7 nm
Die sizeno data163 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistors4,800 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 3500X and Xeon E-2434 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketAM4FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt55 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 3500X and Xeon E-2434. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
Precision Boost 2+no data

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 3500X and Xeon E-2434 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 3500X and Xeon E-2434 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 3500X and Xeon E-2434. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR5-4800
Maximum memory size128 GB128 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth51.196 GB/sno data
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card-N/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 3500X and Xeon E-2434.

PCIe versionno data5
PCI Express lanesno data16

Pros & cons summary


Recency 24 September 2019 14 December 2023
Physical cores 6 4
Threads 6 8
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 55 Watt

Ryzen 5 3500X has 50% more physical cores.

Xeon E-2434, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, 33.3% more threads, and 18.2% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 5 3500X and Xeon E-2434. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Ryzen 5 3500X is a desktop processor while Xeon E-2434 is a server/workstation one.


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