Xeon E7-8860 v3 vs Ryzen 5 5500GT

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 5500GT and Xeon E7-8860 v3 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking593not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation68.62no data
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Power efficiency18.56no data
Architecture codenameCezanne (2021−2024)Haswell-EX (2015)
Release date8 January 2024 (less than a year ago)1 June 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$125no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 5500GT and Xeon E7-8860 v3 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)16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads1232
Base clock speed3.6 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed4.4 GHz3.2 GHz
Bus rateno data9.6 GT/s
L1 cache64 KB (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache512 KB (per core)256K (per core)
L3 cache16 MB40 MB (shared)
Chip lithography7 nm22 nm
Die size180 mm2160 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)95 °C75 °C
Number of transistors10,700 million1,400 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data-
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 5500GT and Xeon E7-8860 v3 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
SocketAM4FCLGA2011
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt140 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 5500GT and Xeon E7-8860 v3. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
PAEno data46 Bit
Precision Boost 2+no data

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 5500GT and Xeon E7-8860 v3 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 5500GT and Xeon E7-8860 v3 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 5500GT and Xeon E7-8860 v3. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4-1333/1600/1866, DDR3-1066/1333/1600
Maximum memory sizeno data1.5 TB
Max memory channelsno data4
Maximum memory bandwidthno data85 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon Vega 7no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 5500GT and Xeon E7-8860 v3.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes1632

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 January 2024 1 June 2015
Physical cores 6 16
Threads 12 32
Chip lithography 7 nm 22 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 140 Watt

Ryzen 5 5500GT has an age advantage of 8 years, a 214.3% more advanced lithography process, and 115.4% lower power consumption.

Xeon E7-8860 v3, on the other hand, has 166.7% more physical cores and 166.7% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 5 5500GT and Xeon E7-8860 v3. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Ryzen 5 5500GT is a desktop processor while Xeon E7-8860 v3 is a server/workstation one.


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