Xeon Platinum 9242 vs Ryzen 5 3600X

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Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 3600X and Xeon Platinum 9242 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking679not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation18.11no data
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5Intel Xeon Platinum
Power efficiency11.41no data
Architecture codenameMatisse (2019−2020)Cascade Lake-AP (2019)
Release date7 July 2019 (5 years ago)2 April 2019 (5 years 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 Platinum 9242 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)48 (Octatetraconta-Core)
Threads1296
Base clock speed3.8 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed4.4 GHz3.8 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data23
L1 cache96K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)1 MB (per core)
L3 cache32 MB (shared)71.5 MB (shared)
Chip lithography7 nm, 12 nm14 nm
Number of transistors4,800 million8,000 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 3600X and Xeon Platinum 9242 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)8
SocketAM4Intel BGA5903
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt350 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 3600X and Xeon Platinum 9242. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® 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

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 3600X and Xeon Platinum 9242 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 3600X and Xeon Platinum 9242 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 Platinum 9242. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR4-2933
Maximum memory size128 GB2 TiB
Max memory channels212
Maximum memory bandwidth51.196 GB/s281.6 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 July 2019 2 April 2019
Physical cores 6 48
Threads 12 96
Chip lithography 7 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 350 Watt

Ryzen 5 3600X has an age advantage of 3 months, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 268.4% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 9242, on the other hand, has 700% more physical cores and 700% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 5 3600X and Xeon Platinum 9242. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Ryzen 5 3600X is a desktop processor while Xeon Platinum 9242 is a server/workstation one.


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