Xeon Platinum 8490H vs Ryzen 5 8500G

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Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 8500G and Xeon Platinum 8490H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking547not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
Power efficiency19.93no data
Architecture codenamePhoenix2 (2024)Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date8 January 2024 (less than a year ago)10 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$229$17,000

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 8500G 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 speed3.5 GHz1.9 GHz
Boost clock speed5 GHz3.5 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)80K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)2 MB (per core)
L3 cache16 MB (shared)112.5 MB
Chip lithography4 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size137 mm24x 477 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data79 °C
Number of transistors20,900 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data+

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 8500G 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
SocketAM5FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt350 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 8500G 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 8500G 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 8500G 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 8500G and Xeon Platinum 8490H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5DDR5-4800, DDR5-4400
Maximum memory sizeno data4 TB
Max memory channelsno data8
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon 740Mno data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 8500G and Xeon Platinum 8490H.

PCIe version4.05.0
PCI Express lanes1480

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 January 2024 10 January 2023
Physical cores 6 60
Threads 12 120
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 350 Watt

Ryzen 5 8500G has an age advantage of 11 months, and 438.5% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 8490H, on the other hand, has 900% more physical cores and 900% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 5 8500G and Xeon Platinum 8490H. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Ryzen 5 8500G is a notebook processor while Xeon Platinum 8490H is a server/workstation one.


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