Xeon Gold 6534 vs Ryzen 5 5500

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 5500 and Xeon Gold 6534 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking621not rated
Place by popularity1not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation51.11no data
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Power efficiency17.77no data
Architecture codenameCezanne (2021−2024)Emerald Rapids (2023)
Release date4 April 2022 (2 years ago)14 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$159$2,816

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 5500 and Xeon Gold 6534 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)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads1216
Base clock speed3.6 GHz3.9 GHz
Boost clock speed4.2 GHz4.2 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)80 KB (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)2 MB (per core)
L3 cache16 MB22.5 MB (shared)
Chip lithography7 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size180 mm22x 763 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)95 °C64 °C
Number of transistors10,700 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 5500 and Xeon Gold 6534 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
SocketAM4FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt195 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 5500 and Xeon Gold 6534. 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 5500 and Xeon Gold 6534 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 5500 and Xeon Gold 6534 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 5500 and Xeon Gold 6534. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-3200DDR5-4800
Maximum memory sizeno data4 TB
Max memory channelsno data8
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 5500 and Xeon Gold 6534.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanesno data80

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 April 2022 14 December 2023
Physical cores 6 8
Threads 12 16
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 195 Watt

Ryzen 5 5500 has 200% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6534, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 33.3% more physical cores and 33.3% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 5 5500 and Xeon Gold 6534. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Ryzen 5 5500 is a desktop processor while Xeon Gold 6534 is a server/workstation one.


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