Xeon Platinum 8490H vs Ryzen 5 5500

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Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 5500 and Xeon Platinum 8490H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking637not rated
Place by popularity1not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation51.84no data
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Power efficiency17.75no data
Architecture codenameCezanne (2021−2024)Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date4 April 2022 (2 years ago)10 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$159$17,000

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 5500 and Xeon Platinum 8490H 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)60 (Hexaconta-Core)
Threads12120
Base clock speed3.6 GHz1.9 GHz
Boost clock speed4.2 GHz3.5 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)80K (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)2 MB (per core)
L3 cache16 MB112.5 MB
Chip lithography7 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size180 mm24x 477 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)95 °C79 °C
Number of transistors10,700 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 5500 and Xeon Platinum 8490H 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 configuration18
SocketAM4FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt350 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 5500 and Xeon Platinum 8490H. 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 Platinum 8490H 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 Platinum 8490H 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 Platinum 8490H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-3200DDR5-4800, DDR5-4400
Maximum memory sizeno data4 TB
Max memory channelsno data8
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 5500 and Xeon Platinum 8490H.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanesno data80

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 April 2022 10 January 2023
Physical cores 6 60
Threads 12 120
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 350 Watt

Ryzen 5 5500 has 438.5% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 8490H, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 months, and 900% more physical cores and 900% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 5 5500 and Xeon Platinum 8490H. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Ryzen 5 5500 is a desktop processor while Xeon Platinum 8490H is a server/workstation one.


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