Xeon Bronze 3508U vs Ryzen 5 5500U

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Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 5500U and Xeon Bronze 3508U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking914not rated
Place by popularity14not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesAMD Lucienne (Zen 2, Ryzen 5000)no data
Power efficiency51.67no data
Architecture codenameLucienne-U (Zen 2) (2021)no data
Release date12 January 2021 (3 years ago)1 October 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 5500U and Xeon Bronze 3508U 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)
Threads128
Base clock speed2.1 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed4 GHz2.2 GHz
Multiplier21no data
L1 cache384 KBno data
L2 cache3 MBno data
L3 cache8 MB (shared)22.5 MB
Chip lithography7 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size156 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature105 °C83 °C
Number of transistors9,800 millionno data
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 5500U and Xeon Bronze 3508U 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 configuration1no data
SocketFP6FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 5500U and Xeon Bronze 3508U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEIntel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX+-
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
TSX-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 5500U and Xeon Bronze 3508U 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 5500U and Xeon Bronze 3508U 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 5500U and Xeon Bronze 3508U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR5 @ 4400 MT/s (1 DPC &2DPC)
Maximum memory size64 GB4 TB
Max memory channelsno data8
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 5500U and Xeon Bronze 3508U.

PCIe version3.04
PCI Express lanes1280

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 January 2021 1 October 2023
Physical cores 6 8
Threads 12 8
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 125 Watt

Ryzen 5 5500U has 50% more threads, and 733.3% lower power consumption.

Xeon Bronze 3508U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and 33.3% more physical cores.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 5 5500U and Xeon Bronze 3508U. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Ryzen 5 5500U is a notebook processor while Xeon Bronze 3508U is a server/workstation one.


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