Xeon Platinum 8452Y vs Ryzen 5 3600X

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 3600X and Xeon Platinum 8452Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking673not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation18.77no data
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5no data
Power efficiency11.41no data
Architecture codenameMatisse (2019−2020)Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date27 May 2019 (5 years ago)10 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$249$3,995

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 3600X and Xeon Platinum 8452Y 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)36
Threads1272
Base clock speed3.8 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed4.4 GHz3.2 GHz
L1 cache384 KB80K (per core)
L2 cache3 MB2 MB (per core)
L3 cache32 MB (shared)67.5 MB
Chip lithography7 nm, 12 nmIntel 7 nm
Die sizeno data4x 477 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data75 °C
Number of transistors4,800 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 3600X and Xeon Platinum 8452Y 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)2
SocketAM4FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt300 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 3600X and Xeon Platinum 8452Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® 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-+
Precision Boost 2+no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 3600X and Xeon Platinum 8452Y 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 3600X and Xeon Platinum 8452Y 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 3600X and Xeon Platinum 8452Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR5-4800, DDR5-4400
Maximum memory size128 GB4 TB
Max memory channels28
Maximum memory bandwidth51.196 GB/sno data
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 3600X and Xeon Platinum 8452Y.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data80

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 May 2019 10 January 2023
Physical cores 6 36
Threads 12 72
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 300 Watt

Ryzen 5 3600X has 215.8% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 8452Y, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, and 500% more physical cores and 500% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 5 3600X and Xeon Platinum 8452Y. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Ryzen 5 3600X is a desktop processor while Xeon Platinum 8452Y is a server/workstation one.


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