Xeon D-1846 vs Ryzen 5 3600X

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 3600X and Xeon D-1846 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking678not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation17.65no data
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5no data
Power efficiency11.41no data
Architecture codenameMatisse (2019−2020)no data
Release date27 May 2019 (5 years ago)1 October 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$249no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 3600X and Xeon D-1846 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)10 (Deca-Core)
Threads1220
Base clock speed3.8 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed4.4 GHz3.1 GHz
L1 cache384 KBno data
L2 cache3 MBno data
L3 cache32 MB (shared)15360 KB
Chip lithography7 nm, 12 nmno data
Number of transistors4,800 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 3600X and Xeon D-1846 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)no data
SocketAM4FCBGA2227
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt55 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 3600X and Xeon D-1846. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
QuickAssistno data-
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Precision Boost 2+no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 3600X and Xeon D-1846 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 3600X and Xeon D-1846 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 3600X and Xeon D-1846. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR4
Maximum memory size128 GB256 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth51.196 GB/sno data
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 3600X and Xeon D-1846.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data16
USB revisionno data3.0
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data24
Number of USB portsno data4
Integrated LANno data-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 May 2019 1 October 2023
Physical cores 6 10
Threads 12 20
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 55 Watt

Xeon D-1846 has an age advantage of 4 years, 66.7% more physical cores and 66.7% more threads, and 72.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 5 3600X and Xeon D-1846. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Ryzen 5 3600X is a desktop processor while Xeon D-1846 is a server/workstation one.


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