Xeon Platinum 8368 vs Ryzen 5 5500U

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 5 5500U
2021
6 cores / 12 threads, 15 Watt
8.19
Xeon Platinum 8368
2021
38 cores / 76 threads, 270 Watt
57.95
+608%

Xeon Platinum 8368 outperforms Ryzen 5 5500U by a whopping 608% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 5500U and Xeon Platinum 8368 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking92919
Place by popularity19not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesAMD Lucienne (Zen 2, Ryzen 5000)no data
Power efficiency31.0020.31
Architecture codenameLucienne-U (Zen 2) (2021)Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release date12 January 2021 (3 years ago)6 April 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 5500U and Xeon Platinum 8368 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)38
Threads1276
Base clock speed2.1 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed4 GHz3.4 GHz
Multiplier21no data
L1 cache384 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache3 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache8 MB (shared)57 MB (shared)
Chip lithography7 nm10 nm
Die size156 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data83 °C
Number of transistors9,800 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 5500U and Xeon Platinum 8368 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
SocketFP6FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt270 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 5500U and Xeon Platinum 8368. 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® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 5500U and Xeon Platinum 8368 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 5500U and Xeon Platinum 8368 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 Platinum 8368. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size64 GB6 TB
Max memory channelsno data8
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon RX Vega 7 ( - 1800 MHz)no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 5500U and Xeon Platinum 8368.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes1264

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Ryzen 5 5500U 8.19
Xeon Platinum 8368 57.95
+608%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Ryzen 5 5500U 13010
Xeon Platinum 8368 92054
+608%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 8.19 57.95
Recency 12 January 2021 6 April 2021
Physical cores 6 38
Threads 12 76
Chip lithography 7 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 270 Watt

Ryzen 5 5500U has a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 1700% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 8368, on the other hand, has a 607.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 months, and 533.3% more physical cores and 533.3% more threads.

The Xeon Platinum 8368 is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 5 5500U in performance tests.

Be aware that Ryzen 5 5500U is a notebook processor while Xeon Platinum 8368 is a server/workstation one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 5 5500U and Xeon Platinum 8368, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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