Xeon Gold 6542Y vs Ryzen 5 3580U

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Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 3580U and Xeon Gold 6542Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1291not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5no data
Power efficiency28.75no data
Architecture codenamePicasso-U (Zen+) (2019−2020)Emerald Rapids (2023)
Release date6 January 2019 (5 years ago)14 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$2,878

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 3580U and Xeon Gold 6542Y 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads848
Base clock speed2.1 GHz2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz4.1 GHz
Multiplier21no data
L1 cache384 KB80 KB (per core)
L2 cache2 MB2 MB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB (shared)60 MB (shared)
Chip lithography12 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size209.78 mm22x 763 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data83 °C
Number of transistors4940 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 3580U and Xeon Gold 6542Y 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 configuration12
SocketFP5FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt250 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 3580U and Xeon Gold 6542Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHAIntel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 3580U and Xeon Gold 6542Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 3580U and Xeon Gold 6542Y 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 3580U and Xeon Gold 6542Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR5-5200
Maximum memory size32 GB4 TB
Max memory channels28
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/sno data
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon RX Vega 9N/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 3580U and Xeon Gold 6542Y.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanes1280

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 January 2019 14 December 2023
Physical cores 4 24
Threads 8 48
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 250 Watt

Ryzen 5 3580U has 1566.7% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6542Y, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, and 500% more physical cores and 500% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 5 3580U and Xeon Gold 6542Y. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Ryzen 5 3580U is a notebook processor while Xeon Gold 6542Y is a server/workstation one.


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